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February 22nd, 2008, 05:14 PM
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I was interested in the title, so I did a bit of research, I've just found this on the net :
Egg-town is a term that refers to the days of bartering, during the Great Depression. A traveling salesman would have to barter his candy or tobacco or shoelaces for different commodities. A poor exchange would be for eggs, a relatively common item that is also highly perishable. Nobody wants to trade for eggs from a traveling salesman because they have their own, so the salesman who accepted an egg in exchange was forced to accept a bad deal. .
The term "egg-town" represents a deal with undesirable outcomes in either case.
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Cool. Good job on the research. This makes the most sense.
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February 22nd, 2008, 05:25 PM
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Good job, thanks for the research! That's very interesting; I love stuff like that. So the question is: What was the deal?, Who were the negotiators? And what was the bad trade?
If the deal was in this same episode it could either be either Kate's deal with Miles or Miles deal with Ben. It could also have something to do with Claire and Aaron. The ending of "Eggtown" made it ironic when earlier Claire says to Kate "You should get one [a baby] yourself some day." I liked that.
Any thoughts on the deal and who got the bad end of it? Hey, Lonesome Cowboy, did you find that at wikipedia?
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I was interested in the title, so I did a bit of research, I've just found this on the net :
Egg-town is a term that refers to the days of bartering, during the Great Depression. A traveling salesman would have to barter his candy or tobacco or shoelaces for different commodities. A poor exchange would be for eggs, a relatively common item that is also highly perishable. Nobody wants to trade for eggs from a traveling salesman because they have their own, so the salesman who accepted an egg in exchange was forced to accept a bad deal. .
The term "egg-town" represents a deal with undesirable outcomes in either case.
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February 22nd, 2008, 05:27 PM
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good job lonesome!!!
seems relateable (sp?) as no one really got good news out of any of their deals/bartering.
miles made a deal and ended up with a granade in his mouth
sawyer made a deal and ended up slapped
kate made a deal and ended up banished (on island)
and i think it alludes also to whatever deals may be coming up as well.
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February 22nd, 2008, 10:24 PM
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This question is easy.
Eggs are basically considered a very fragile object, which has been used in this case to reflect the state of the village in which Locke is holding Ben.
Basically, If we all look back at our video recordings/online streaming/whatever to the part where Locke throws the plate of eggs against the 'concrete' wall, it is very clear that this wall wobbles.. hence the meaning of the episode. The town isn't as concrete as once thought, and is infact as fragile as an egg.
Yes, this is entirely true. No, i'm positive it wasn't just a blooper.
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February 22nd, 2008, 10:27 PM
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did anyone else notice this?
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