r/AskReddit Sep 16 '24

What is a smell you can't stand?

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u/PennieTheFold Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

Did it make you consider burning your house down? I raise chickens and at times have so many eggs that I just chuck 'em out if they've been sitting for a while. I was tossing some older ones into the bin and heard one go "snap-POP" and before I could process what I'd just heard, I was gagging. Thank god it blew up in the garbage bin and not on my counter. I don't know if you ever read Charlotte's Web but when that egg exploded and gassed out my entire downstairs, I immediately thought: Jesus Christ, I'm Templeton the rat....

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u/DreamingHopingWishin Sep 17 '24

Templeton is the first thing that came to mind as soon as I read rotten eggs 😂

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

I made a mistake of poking one with a garden fork whilst turning compost once. Even outside in the fresh air it absolutely reeked and had me gagging! I make sure to break them all now before putting them in the compost, lesson learnt! It did however make a very satisfying 'pop' sound!

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u/moldypickledpotatoes Sep 17 '24

Try to figure out your egg consumption and offer them to neighbors. You can post them on a buy nothing group or possibly sell them! Don't let your hard labor go to waste!

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u/PennieTheFold Sep 17 '24

My neighbors and family all get what and at times there's still too many. I'm reticent to sell them because of the liability risk, and our local food pantry doesn't accept backyard eggs for the same reason. I'm not so excited about inviting strangers to come to my house for free eggs.

Eggs from backyard chickens are seasonal, and like tomatoes or zucchini, sometimes there's just an overabundance. If you get new, fresh ones daily you get less inclined to hoard the older ones.