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Focus | Science | Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality type'

LONDON - A person's favourite way of eating eggs can predict their personality type, their job and even their sex drive, researchers have discovered. Using sophisticated maths and a process known as data mining, scientists have uncovered a statistical relationship between a person's character, lifestyle and social class and whether they like their eggs boiled, fried, scrambled or as an omelette. In the new study, the research team found that poached egg eaters are outgoing, listen to upbeat music and are happier, boiled egg consumers are disorganised, fried egg fans have a high sex drive, scrambled egg aficionados are guarded and omelette eaters are self-disciplined. Readers of The Daily Telegraph were shown to be most likely to prefer poached eggs. The results were released to mark British Egg week, which started yesterday. Researchers questioned 1,010 adults across Brita...

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@theCJMview » 10 Oct '12, 12am
Entertaining fluff research: Person's way of eating eggs can predict personality type [link] This is a hoot!
@Brotzeit_SG » 04 Oct '12, 1am
how true is this i wonder...... [link]
@xherry90 » 03 Oct '12, 3pm
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@Science_Council » 03 Oct '12, 2pm
A persons way of eating eggs can predict their personality type!Eggs-ellent research or feather-brained study? #science [link]
@PopMusicGrl » 03 Oct '12, 5am
How you order your eggs is an indicator of your personality, accdg to researchers [link]
@SprinklesBunnie » 03 Oct '12, 4am
“@Nir_1: I like both scrambled eggs and fried eggs. [link]” i like poached scrambled and fried. i hate boiled eggs.
@Nir_1 » 03 Oct '12, 4am
I like both scrambled eggs and fried eggs. [link]
@clairblair » 02 Oct '12, 4pm
Omg @haocher RT @TODAYonline: Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality', say researchers. [link]
@Iamtotoro » 02 Oct '12, 3pm
RT @TOOTTOOT_NIAO: RT @TOOTTOOT_NIAO: Did you know that a person's way of eating eggs is in relation to their personality? [link]
@TOOTTOOT_NIAO » 02 Oct '12, 3pm
Did you know that a person's way of eating eggs is in relation to their personality? [link]
@JavaneseMaiden » 02 Oct '12, 2pm
Like mine scrambled "@TODAYonline: Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality', say researchers. [link]"
@keziamulia » 02 Oct '12, 2pm
[link] A... person's favourite way of eating eggs can predict their personality type, their job and even their sex drive. WUT.
@_underjoyed » 02 Oct '12, 1pm
I like poached! Im happier! RT @TODAYonline: Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality' [link]
@meumeu_us » 02 Oct '12, 12pm
RT @mdzulkar9: RT @mdzulkar9: This is relevant. I eat all types of eggs. If you know what I mean. [link]
@gillianang » 02 Oct '12, 12pm
I'm a scramble egg RT @TODAYonline: Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality', say researchers. [link]
@jookuang » 02 Oct '12, 12pm
Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality type' [link] They missed out on braised egg, century egg and salted egg
@mdzulkar9 » 02 Oct '12, 12pm
This is relevant. I eat all types of eggs. If you know what I mean. [link]
@kumocake » 02 Oct '12, 12pm
Haha. I like eggs many ways: Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality type'. [link]
@cabaretnight » 02 Oct '12, 12pm
Egg lover! @mrsgrayelephant “@TODAYonline: Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality', say researchers. [link]”
@Hiroki_Hafiz » 02 Oct '12, 12pm
A person's personality determined by seeing wat type of egg they eat? I am at a loss for words -.- [link]"
@AdilahArshad » 02 Oct '12, 12pm
@nazrikh Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality', say researchers. What's your favourite egg style? [link]”
@TODAYonline » 02 Oct '12, 12pm
Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality', say researchers. What's your favourite egg style? [link]
@sc_oops » 02 Oct '12, 9am
Whole new meaning to "how you like your eggs in the morn" -- Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality type' [link]
@anglee136 » 02 Oct '12, 7am
how do you like your eggs? [link]
@BlackboxR » 04 Oct '12, 7am
Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality' [link]
@simwj » 02 Oct '12, 8pm
“@TODAYonline: Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality',say researchers. What's your favourite egg style? [link]”
@thisisjeffrey » 02 Oct '12, 12pm
“@TODAYonline: Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality', say researchers. What's your favourite egg style? [link]
@anneanne » 02 Oct '12, 12pm
Say what? “Person's way of eating eggs 'can predict personality', say researchers. What's your favourite egg style? [link]”