LIFE-SAVING QUIZ

Did You Find True Love or Did You Eat Seventeen Deviled Eggs in One Sitting?

It can be tricky to tell the difference

Chris Eno McMahon
Doctor Funny
Published in
2 min readMay 8, 2023

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Red hearts adorn a tray of deviled eggs
Ahh, nothing is more satisfying than love… unless it’s deviled eggs. Photo by Rosalie Barley for UnSplash, embellished by author

Which of the following apply to your situation?

  1. You finally experience a sense of fullness and contentment
  2. You want to slip into something more comfortable
  3. This is how you hope to spend every day for the rest of your life
  4. Your friends are jealous
  5. You feel queasy and lose your appetite
  6. Your burps taste like sulfur
  7. You don’t know if your heart can take it
  8. Logic played no part in it
  9. The sex has never been better
  10. The other people at the potluck give you disapproving looks
  11. You didn’t plan it, and then you couldn’t seem to get enough
  12. You wake at 2 a.m. in a cold sweat, your pulse racing
  13. For better or worse, you stand by the choice you made
  14. You feel like you’re flying high on a cloud
  15. You hear music when none is playing

Answer Key:

If numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13 apply to you, it could be either true love or deviled eggs.

If numbers 14 or 15 apply to you, please seek immediate medical attention. How long were those eggs sitting out at room temperature?

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Chris Eno McMahon
Doctor Funny

An MFA and erstwhile Homemaker of the Year whose humor has appeared in McSweeney's, Weekly Humorist, Points in Case, Slackjaw, and many other places.