ney -- 6 Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 28, 1988 or oe, ae oo _If you’re going to make an __ omelette... Commentary — vy sienane were In these days of pre-nuptial . agreements, common-law mar- riages, and palimony suits, one aspect of a prospective couple’s personal inventory should be ’ carefully investigated before any legal merger is entered into: eggs. This may seem a petty issue to uninvolved parties, but as an experienced married per- son, I can tell you, it’s important to get this settled as early in the relationship as possible. - I married my husband with starry eyes, thinking I knew him and his quirks fairly well. Now, after eleven years of marriage, I realize 1 knew nothing at all. I was naive enough to think that love would conquer all, but I didn’t know how fussy he was about his eggs then. The yolks must be soft, gently coddled under the steam of the frying pan lid, while the whites should be thoroughly cooked, without any crisp edges. You must never flip the egg, never cook over high heat, and never break a yolk. . My own eggs can be thrown into a hot pan from six feet away. If the yolk breaks, if the edges crisp, if the entire egg turns into a blob of hot rubber, so be it, I mush it all up after- wards, anyway. You can see how this difference can strain a marriage. Early in our -marriage, this _ obsessive egg perfection got on my nerves, In a defiant moment, I vowed not to cook any more spousal eggs. Fine, the matter was settled. I cooked mine, he cooked his. Then the children came along. As babies, they were happy with my ‘‘slap-dash-char ’em’’ methods. Sometimes I’d scram- ble them, toss them into the microwave, and cook them ’til Cat dumping continues According to Thornhill Animal Control Officer Charlie Meek, the incidence of abandon- ed cats and kittens in the area has declined to a degree but con- tinues to be a problem. There have been more than two dozen incidents this summer alone where cats have been left on the highway, abandoned at the Thornhili dump, left in card- board boxes at the door of the Animal Shelter or, in one case, thrown from a moving vehicle. Meek says that abandoning unwanted animals is an offence under the Criminal Code of Canada and even though the situation seems-to be improving, ‘he says he is still monitoring it very closely. He asks that anyone witnessing animal aban- donment report it to the RCMP or the shelter and charges will be - faid. He says that even though there is a small fee for residents bringing ‘unwanted animals into the shelter, it is much more humane than abandonment. He suggests that an even better solu- ‘tion is for pet owners to have their animals spayed or neutered ‘and avoid the problem in’ the they exploded (the eggs, not the children). But as they grew, they acquired a snooty gourmet taste for Daddy’s eggs. ‘‘Let Daddy cook ‘em! I want Daddy tol’’ the ungrateful beasties would whine. .. We even had breakfast discus- sions about this. ‘‘Mommy, why can’t you cook eggs like Daddy?’ ‘