Not too long
ago I saw a news report about a problem with sick chickens. I’m not sure what kind of illness chickens
were supposed to be experiencing then, but whatever it was promised to cause a
scarcity of eggs, and thereby inflate their cost to a price we couldn’t even fathom.
I also seem to remember a short period
of time when the price of chicken and eggs actually increased a bit. Anyway, this week I bought 18 eggs at Walmart
for .76 cents. I think they’re Chinese
eggs, so it remains to be seen if the quality stands up to Walmart’s normally
high bar, but I think just maybe, a few months ago we were all the victims of a
vast, albeit failed, poultry price gouge conspiracy. I know I’m prone to naivete, and it’s well
known that the chicken has the least integrity of any bird, wild or domestic,
but I feel duped. I’m still eating the
shit out of these eggs, don’t get me wrong, but now it’s more out of vengeance than
anything.
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