Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)

How does Harris's attempt to make scrambled eggs for the breakfast prove to be an utter failure

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When Harris volunteers to make scrambled eggs, he promises that they will be delicious. Of course, He doesn't know how to make scrambled eggs, but intends to give in a try, and George and J. are more than willing to sit back and laugh.

"He had some trouble in breaking the eggs—or rather not so much trouble in breaking them exactly as in getting them into the frying-pan when broken, and keeping them off his trousers, and preventing them from running up his sleeve; but he fixed some half-a-dozen into the pan at last, and then squatted down by the side of the stove and chivied them about with a fork."

In the end, Harris ended up with about a tablespoon of burnt eggs for breakfast..... the other two men would be left hungry but amused.

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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)