Eggs-planation

Following Chux's comment on my previous post, I feel I should explain (to him, anyway...).

I was queuing (queueing?) in Addlestone Post Office (behind Chux and Delmonti, it turns out) with my good friend - she was posting Easter eggs to her parents, though the contents were much smaller than the box would have you believe.

Talking about eggs that are smaller than they should be reminded us of a previous conversation about eating Cadbury Creme Eggs with a teaspoon (as you would a boiled egg) and whether it was possible (the 'shell' of the chocolate egg being so thick and all). This led us down the natural conversational path of spoon sizes, and why is a coffee spoon so much smaller than a teaspoon. Presumably because an old-fashioned coffee cup is smaller than a tea cup. My question was: is the difference in size between a teaspoon and a coffee spoon the same, proportionally, as between a teacup and a coffee cup? To work it out, we decided, you'd need to do measuring and algebra and stuff. So we'll probably never know.


That was it. Not nearly as interesting and entertaining as the conversation itself, which passed the time quite nicely in the long Post Office queue.

Good day to you!