Poached Egg
by Carl "Papa" Palmer
Part of Larry’s two hundred hours of community service was to help relocate the Henry County Museum. On his third trip, he helped himself by relocating a fossilized egg from the dinosaur exhibit.
He planned to sell the artifact at his brother, Matt’s yard sale that weekend at the Kitty Ranch on Old Mill Road. What didn’t sell on Matt’s table of garage and attic clutter -- including Larry’s egg -- was advertised on eBay.
The egg sold immediately as an ostrich egg to an Oklahoma emu rancher hoping to create a new breed of the other white meat.
Ronnie, the emu rancher, realised it was not an ostrich immediately upon hatching. The reptilian beast, being docile enough, grew to be a part of the Pryor, Oklahoma community, home of Okie Stout Beer.
Ronnie made national headlines when he allowed his daughter, little Tina, and her prehistoric pet, Fluffy, to appear as a live parade float in a local television commercial for the new beer of Pryor, T. Rex Ale.
The publicity led to a paper trail back to Larry, who is once again working off his hours of community service -- however, this time not in a museum.
He planned to sell the artifact at his brother, Matt’s yard sale that weekend at the Kitty Ranch on Old Mill Road. What didn’t sell on Matt’s table of garage and attic clutter -- including Larry’s egg -- was advertised on eBay.
The egg sold immediately as an ostrich egg to an Oklahoma emu rancher hoping to create a new breed of the other white meat.
Ronnie, the emu rancher, realised it was not an ostrich immediately upon hatching. The reptilian beast, being docile enough, grew to be a part of the Pryor, Oklahoma community, home of Okie Stout Beer.
Ronnie made national headlines when he allowed his daughter, little Tina, and her prehistoric pet, Fluffy, to appear as a live parade float in a local television commercial for the new beer of Pryor, T. Rex Ale.
The publicity led to a paper trail back to Larry, who is once again working off his hours of community service -- however, this time not in a museum.