Eggs in the sand

In 2007 I was able to go to Jordan on an archeological dig. While mucking about in the sand, our team came upon an egg buried about a foot under the soil. We were warned very sternly not to crack it open and then told it was of no significance for archeology as it was most likely someones breakfast from 10 or so years ago. The rights for our musical "The Ostricon and the Egg" are still pending.

And then we found a batch of snake eggs buried in the sand near a stone wall we were excavating. We were all quite happy that none of them hatched and were not tempted in any way to crack them open.

Well this week the streak of finding eggs in the sand continued. Whilst on a walk on the beach with a bunch of friends, one of our group found an egg half buried in the dune. Jacob was quite happy with his find and we all oohed and ogled at the right times.

And then we sternly admonished him to NOT crack the egg open.
Somewhere, on beach in Oamaru, there is a half buried egg still resting -uncracked- in the dunes.Jacob with his egg