• @oo1
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    36 days ago

    Which came first:

    • A chicken or an egg
    • A chicken or the egg
    • The chicken or an egg
    • The chicken or the egg
    • The chicken or its egg ?

    If the definite article is used then it should be clear from the physical or literal context eggsactly which chicken and which egg are the subjects. This makes the answer a simple matter of asking each for its birth certificate.

    If the question has been taken out of context or misquoted - and is now meaningless - well that’s just typical sloppy journalism.