Pre-filled Easter Eggs... laziest things

melidasaur · 03-19-2007, 04:34 PM

How lazy has society become - pre-filled easter eggs!!!!! I mean, for real - is it that hard to open a plastic egg and put a few pieces of candy in it?

So, time to share - what products do you think are contributing to the laziness of society? or is there something that you wish would be invented to make you just a bit lazier.

I enjoy filling easter eggs...

monster · 03-19-2007, 10:46 PM

Actually those eggs can be pretty nasty to open and close. If I'd Americanized enough not to say "Bollocks to that we don't celbrate easter in any way shape or form", I might consider paying more for them to be prefilled. But I'm too lazy/mean/British/environmentally friendly to buy new ones each year, so pre-filled would not be an option. Also we don't use them for easter -they make great dinosaur/shark eggs etc for themed birthday party treasure hunts -but only whem filled with our special treasures.

monster · 03-19-2007, 10:51 PM

My laziest thing is using the drive-thru. It usually takes longer than going into the building, so I have to be feeling pretty bloody lazy to take that option.

Aliantha · 03-20-2007, 12:55 AM

I don't know what you're talking about. All the eggs we get here for easter are chocolate. I don't mind breaking a few of those open at easter time.

wolf · 03-20-2007, 01:07 AM

Prefilled Plastic Easter Eggs are the Springtime version of those nylon net Christmas stockings. Not great, but not the worst possible option.

True laziness is buying colored-before-you-buy-them chicken's eggs. My local convenience store sells them.

I also have issues with any method of home-based egg dying that does not involve margarine tubs, vinegar, and tablets of dye that fizz when they hit the vinegar. Eggs should then be precariously dipped into the dye using a piece of bent wire. Particularly skillful dyers may do bi and tricolor striped eggs using these limited tools. Designs scrawled on the egg in white crayon before dying are also acceptable.

Cups with the dye that releases from the plastic, or worse still, the plastic sleeves that you slide onto the eggs and boil into a sort of Eastery shrink wrap are cheating.

Oh, man. Now I have to hit the store and grab the basic Paas kit.

Aliantha · 03-20-2007, 01:15 AM

Hmmmm....we don't do egg dying over here too although I've heard of this tradition before.

Sundae · 03-20-2007, 07:21 AM

We used to have an egg painting competition every year when I was in the Brownies (and every year I used to be furious because I was sure the winner had had parental help - sore loser)

Being pretty lazy myself I'm all for modern conveniences. One step too far for me was pre-filled rolls. By Warburtons I think - the filling was actually baked inside them to save you having to bother with a knife and a piece of cheese. However I did fill my boots when they were being sampled in my local supermarket. I don't make moral judgements if it's offered free.

monster · 03-20-2007, 08:41 AM

They are filled with small sweets and scattered over fields and parks for children to participate in Egg hunts/fights. It's like Halloween at Easter -the little 'uns carry pastel-coloured wicker baskets to collect them and sometimes wear bunny ears, the big kids are on a mission with a pillowcase.

Perry Winkle · 03-20-2007, 10:09 AM

I want to make a documentary where I eat nothing but seasonal candy for an entire year...Kinda like that guy who ate nothing but McDonalds for whatever amount of time.

Sheldonrs · 03-20-2007, 10:36 AM

Aren't eggs, as a rule, usually pre-filled by the chicken?

So really, it's you DIY people who are breaking with tradition! hehehe

Cyclefrance · 03-20-2007, 11:11 AM

The only pre- filled eggs here are the Kinder ones (you have those in the States) and Cadbury's Cream-filled eggs, and having the latter who needs anything more???

SteveDallas · 03-20-2007, 11:13 AM

Lunchables -- overpriced & bad nutritionally. But it's fast!!

piercehawkeye45 · 03-20-2007, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Lunchables -- overpriced & bad nutritionally. But it's fast!!

Great for lunches in Elementry School.

wolf · 03-20-2007, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Lunchables -- overpriced & bad nutritionally. But it's fast!!

Since they are sold in the refrigerated section, next to the hotdogs, I always have a problem with them. I don't think they are sufficiently shelf-stable to sit in one's cubby for four and a half hours and be eaten in safety. I guess they are the only option, though, with more and more schools being declared peanut-butter free zones.

Sundae · 03-20-2007, 12:30 PM

Lunchables are banned in many schools in the UK. Peanut butter isn't as far as I'm aware.....

(added this in after as an example)

Full article:

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Parents have named and shamed foods aimed specifically at children which they believe do them no good at all.

A jury of 800 parents recruited by the independent campaign group, the Food Commission decided that the worst example of a "lunchbox" food was Dairylea Lunchables.

These packs of meat and cheese slice with wheat crackers were described by one parent who took part as: "vile over-processed rubbish."

03-19-2007, 04:34 PM	#1
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	Pre-filled Easter Eggs... laziest things How lazy has society become - pre-filled easter eggs!!!!! I mean, for real - is it that hard to open a plastic egg and put a few pieces of candy in it? So, time to share - what products do you think are contributing to the laziness of society? or is there something that you wish would be invented to make you just a bit lazier. I enjoy filling easter eggs... __________________ I love England, what can I say?

03-19-2007, 10:46 PM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Actually those eggs can be pretty nasty to open and close. If I'd Americanized enough not to say "Bollocks to that we don't celbrate easter in any way shape or form", I might consider paying more for them to be prefilled. But I'm too lazy/mean/British/environmentally friendly to buy new ones each year, so pre-filled would not be an option. Also we don't use them for easter -they make great dinosaur/shark eggs etc for themed birthday party treasure hunts -but only whem filled with our special treasures. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-19-2007, 10:51 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	My laziest thing is using the drive-thru. It usually takes longer than going into the building, so I have to be feeling pretty bloody lazy to take that option. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-20-2007, 12:55 AM	#4
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I don't know what you're talking about. All the eggs we get here for easter are chocolate. I don't mind breaking a few of those open at easter time. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-20-2007, 01:07 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Prefilled Plastic Easter Eggs are the Springtime version of those nylon net Christmas stockings. Not great, but not the worst possible option. True laziness is buying colored-before-you-buy-them chicken's eggs. My local convenience store sells them. I also have issues with any method of home-based egg dying that does not involve margarine tubs, vinegar, and tablets of dye that fizz when they hit the vinegar. Eggs should then be precariously dipped into the dye using a piece of bent wire. Particularly skillful dyers may do bi and tricolor striped eggs using these limited tools. Designs scrawled on the egg in white crayon before dying are also acceptable. Cups with the dye that releases from the plastic, or worse still, the plastic sleeves that you slide onto the eggs and boil into a sort of Eastery shrink wrap are cheating. Oh, man. Now I have to hit the store and grab the basic Paas kit. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-20-2007, 01:15 AM	#6
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Hmmmm....we don't do egg dying over here too although I've heard of this tradition before. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-20-2007, 07:21 AM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	We used to have an egg painting competition every year when I was in the Brownies (and every year I used to be furious because I was sure the winner had had parental help - sore loser) Being pretty lazy myself I'm all for modern conveniences. One step too far for me was pre-filled rolls. By Warburtons I think - the filling was actually baked inside them to save you having to bother with a knife and a piece of cheese. However I did fill my boots when they were being sampled in my local supermarket. I don't make moral judgements if it's offered free. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-20-2007, 08:41 AM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	They are filled with small sweets and scattered over fields and parks for children to participate in Egg hunts/fights. It's like Halloween at Easter -the little 'uns carry pastel-coloured wicker baskets to collect them and sometimes wear bunny ears, the big kids are on a mission with a pillowcase. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-20-2007, 10:09 AM	#9
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	I want to make a documentary where I eat nothing but seasonal candy for an entire year...Kinda like that guy who ate nothing but McDonalds for whatever amount of time.

03-20-2007, 10:36 AM	#10
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Aren't eggs, as a rule, usually pre-filled by the chicken? So really, it's you DIY people who are breaking with tradition! hehehe __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

03-20-2007, 11:11 AM	#11
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	The only pre- filled eggs here are the Kinder ones (you have those in the States) and Cadbury's Cream-filled eggs, and having the latter who needs anything more??? __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

03-20-2007, 11:13 AM	#12
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Lunchables -- overpriced & bad nutritionally. But it's fast!!

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