@fmf saidI think you are getting your curates egg mixed up with the parsons nose.
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.
24 Jul 22
@the-gravedigger saidParson - 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.
I think you are getting your curates egg mixed up with the parsons nose.
You, sir, are taking a hair and splitting it into infinitives.
24 Jul 22
@divegeester saidMy codeword with my mother-in-law when I am referring to this website is "my watermelon",
This website.
@fmf saidCurates egg: 'a thing that is partly good and partly bad'
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.
Parsons nose: 'a fleshy protuberance at the rear end of a bird (usually chicken, duck or turkey in culinary usage).'
24 Jul 22
@the-gravedigger saidEggs and chicken, shmeggs and schmicken!
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).'
You're in the weeds, now, quibbling foodstuffs!
@divegeester saidNot necessarily. you might be channelling Very Rusty.
Will you accuse me of channelling reservation brand if I say that I don’t understand?
