Curate's Eggs

Is there anything in the nitty gritty of your everyday life that can be described as a curate's egg?

@fmf said
Is there anything in the nitty gritty of your everyday life that can be described as a curate's egg?

@gambrel said
My nitty isn't gritty and I'm allergic to eggs

@fmf said
At the risk of seeming a smart alec, I must point out that you've made a very common error. The curate's egg is not an actual egg; in fact, it is the fatty extreme end portion of the tail of a chicken when cooked.

@the-gravedigger said
I think you are getting your curates egg mixed up with the parsons nose.

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@fmf said
Parson - a beneficed member of the clergy; a rector or a vicar. Curate - a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a vicar or rector.

You, sir, are taking a hair and splitting it into infinitives.

@the-gravedigger said
Curates egg: 'a thing that is partly good and partly bad'

Parsons nose: 'a fleshy protuberance at the rear end of a bird (usually chicken, duck or turkey in culinary usage).'

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@fmf said
My codeword with my mother-in-law when I am referring to this website is "my watermelon",

@fmf said
Is there anything in the nitty gritty of your everyday life that can be described as a curate's egg?

@suzianne said
No.