By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Gary_Wonning]Gary Wonning
Several years ago, I would have the opportunity to occasionally have lunch with an entertaining old gentleman who always had a good story. He was one of those gentlemen that every small town seems to have, a nice old guy who was always willing to talk and entertain whoever may be present.
Even though he was approaching 80 years of age, he continued to work every day, being the manager of the local city sewage treatment plant, he always claimed to know everything about everybody's business. One particular lunch time, with several patrons present, the subject some how turned to chickens. He went on to relate how there were more chickens raised in the state of Georgia than any where else in the United States.
As the conversation continued, Art when on to proclaim that the state which produced the most eggs was Arkansas. After several minutes of listening to this conversation, I began to wonder, how could all the chickens be in Georgia and all the eggs in Arkansas?
As soon as there was a lull in the conversation, I posed this question. Everyone was startled, no one had thought of this angle. Of course then the topic of the day turned as to how this could be possible.
It was reasoned that since Arkansas and Georgia were relatively close in proximity, it might help to explain this peculiar circumstance. Then the subject turned to which came first, the chicken or the egg. It was reasoned the chicken had to come first, since Georgia had become a state before Arkansas.
Then someone else chimed in that since Georgia was further east, the sun would come up there before rising in Arkansas, and it only made sense the chicken had to be up before she could lay an egg. Hence the chicken had to come first.
Someone else then stated that since the sun went down later in Arkansas, there would be more sunlight available to create a warmer environment for an egg to hatch, and since chickens came from eggs, it only made sense the egg had to come first.
They even offered up the theory that daylight savings time had been created by Ben Franklin in order to provide a better and warmer environment for the eggs. The extra hour of daylight would provide a shorter night so the eggs wouldn't cool off too much during the starlite evenings of Arkansas.
The conversation continued long after I had to leave, for once it was a pleasure to go back to work.
Gary has been a photographer for over 20 years, specializing in nature, landscapes and event photography. Besides visiting most of the United States, he has traveled to such places as Egypt, the Canary Islands,much of the Caribbean, and having studied Mayan Cultures in Central America, and the Australian Aboriginal way of life, photography has given him the opportunity to observe life in many different cultures!
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