Thamesmead Morrisons shopper puts 'one in billion' perfectly round egg on eBay

Mark Cameron, 45, found a perfectly round egg in his carton 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)

joertmclark says...
11:13am Mon 10 Dec 12

Checked ebay and no egg was on there

Miss says...
12:27pm Mon 10 Dec 12

joertmclark wrote:
Checked ebay and no egg was on there
Same

Lord Erastus Theobald Piggott says...
12:37pm Mon 10 Dec 12

It doesn't look particularly spherical to me.

More ovaular.

Get it?

jacktipping says...
1:11pm Mon 10 Dec 12

Miss wrote:
joertmclark wrote: Checked ebay and no egg was on there
Same
maybe Mark dropped it!

joertmclark says...
2:59pm Mon 10 Dec 12

jacktipping wrote:
Miss wrote:
joertmclark wrote: Checked ebay and no egg was on there
Same
maybe Mark dropped it!
Found it!
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:
It doesn't look particularly spherical to me.

More ovaular.

Get it?
Dear me, that's quite Un Oeuf!

Mark1969 says...
8:01pm Mon 10 Dec 12

£26 bid !!!! You must be YOLKING !!!!!

adx1220 says...
11:55pm Tue 11 Dec 12

More money than sense to bid on an egg.

Miss says...
11:57pm Tue 11 Dec 12

£38.85 now lol

the wall says...
10:48am Wed 12 Dec 12

Bids and the winning bidder paying are two completely different matters.

phanmale says...
3:58pm Wed 12 Dec 12

Seems he preferred advertising the publicity - original auction here: http://www.ebay.co.u
k/itm/Round-Chicken-
Egg-100-Real-/190765
759872?clk_rvr_id=42
4546597862

Mangetout says...
7:48pm Wed 12 Dec 12

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??

Hk says...
12:55pm Thu 13 Dec 12

Seriously how would you even think about putting this on Ebay. Its an egg just eat it and to say "And I don't fancy putting it on my toast either." Why - its not like the egg is gonna be contaminated!

phanmale says...
2:04pm Thu 13 Dec 12

Mangetout wrote:
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??
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"!
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 says...
4:28pm Fri 14 Dec 12

now up to £350!! Thats a quite eggstrordinary amount!

phanmale says...
5:31pm Sat 15 Dec 12

It's been pulled again! Will we ever learn the fate of the egg??
I won't sleep tonight now, not knowing what happened to poor old Humpty ;)

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