Thamesmead Morrisons shopper puts 'one in billion' perfectly round egg on eBay
10:13am Monday 10th December 2012 in News By Mark Chandler
Mark Cameron, 45, found a perfectly round egg in his carton
A THAMESMEAD shopper was left shellshocked after discovering a pre-Christmas miracle in his shopping - a perfectly round egg.
Forklift truck driver Mark Cameron, 45, is now hoping the discovery could be eggs-actly what his bank account needs and has put it up for auction on eBay, describing it as a "one in a billion find".
Mr Cameron bought the free range eggs from the Morrisons store near his Whinchat Road home early on December 2 and was astonished when he eventually opened the carton.
He said: "I got it home on Sunday morning and there it was sitting in the box - a perfectly round egg."
Rather than keeping his prize under lock and key so nobody can poach it from him, Mr Cameron has been showing it off to amazed onlookers.
He said: "I took it to work and a showed it to a lot of people.
"It's certainly been a talking point. No one's ever seen anything like it. "I've looked it up online and I can only find two other people who've had one."
Bidding on his eBay listing, set up with Hartley friend Sam Roberton, 25, will start at just 99p today - which sounds like a cracking deal - but Mr Cameron is convinced it could be worth a lot more by the time the auction ends.
He said: "I haven't got a clue how it was formed. I wouldn't want to be the chicken who laid it, put it that way.
"And I don't fancy putting it on my toast either."
To get your hands on Mr Cameron's miracle egg search for 'Round Chicken Egg 100% Real' on eBay.
Comments(16)
Miss
says...
12:27pm Mon 10 Dec 12
joertmclark wrote:Same
Checked ebay and no egg was on there
Lord Erastus Theobald Piggott
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12:37pm Mon 10 Dec 12
More ovaular.
Get it?
jacktipping
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1:11pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Miss wrote:maybe Mark dropped it!
joertmclark wrote: Checked ebay and no egg was on thereSame
joertmclark
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2:59pm Mon 10 Dec 12
jacktipping wrote:Found it!
Miss wrote:maybe Mark dropped it!
joertmclark wrote: Checked ebay and no egg was on thereSame
http://www.ebay.co.u
k/itm/Round-Chicken-
Egg-100-Real-/190768
719310?pt=UK_Collect
ables_WeirdStuff_RL&
hash=item2c6ab3a5ce
madras
says...
7:07pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Lord Erastus Theobald Piggott wrote:Dear me, that's quite Un Oeuf!
It doesn't look particularly spherical to me.
More ovaular.
Get it?
Mark1969
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8:01pm Mon 10 Dec 12
adx1220
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11:55pm Tue 11 Dec 12
Miss
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11:57pm Tue 11 Dec 12
the wall
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10:48am Wed 12 Dec 12
phanmale
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3:58pm Wed 12 Dec 12
k/itm/Round-Chicken-
Egg-100-Real-/190765
759872?clk_rvr_id=42
4546597862
Mangetout
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7:48pm Wed 12 Dec 12
Did it get broken, eaten or hatch??
Hk
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12:55pm Thu 13 Dec 12
phanmale
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2:04pm Thu 13 Dec 12
Mangetout wrote:The original listing was cancelled - the current listing has 2 days left to go and has a current bid of £225 with bid increments of £5. Talk about "eggsaggertion"!
Now it says on Ebay "This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available"
Did it get broken, eaten or hatch??
Im just curious what the winning bidder will do with it? and what a waste of money! Wish I had £200 to waste on something that will be rancid in a couple of weeks!
highway warrior
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4:28pm Fri 14 Dec 12
phanmale
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5:31pm Sat 15 Dec 12
I won't sleep tonight now, not knowing what happened to poor old Humpty ;)
joertmclark says...
11:13am Mon 10 Dec 12