I'm sharing it with you now in case you're stuck for ideas for egg decorating themes which are suitable for boys. Alan was very easy to make and required very little adult assistance (honest!). I did the egg-blowing bit and I have to say I was so brilliant at it that Alan Shearegg still survives to this day, albeit a tad dusty and a bit cracked. Rory gave him black and white Newcastle United stripes and provided him with rather more hair than the man himself now possesses. I thought the boot was from an Action Man but Rory tells me it was a toy in a cereal packet. The ball was from a Subbuteo set and the green base from a pack of cards. Egg was attached to boot with Blu-tack. Simples.
It got us thinking yesterday about current footballers whose names could be similarly altered for egg-decorating purposes. It all got rather silly.
For eggs-ample:
Fernando Torres................. Fernando Torregg
Ryan Giggs..........................Ryan Geggs
Jamie Carragher..................Jamie Carreggher
José Enrique........................José Eggrique
Jermaine Easter.................. Jermaine Easter-egg
Benoit Assou-Ekkoto..........Benoit Assou-Eggoto
Jonjo Shelvey......................Jonjo Egg-shell-vey
John Terry...........................John Terry's Chocolate Orange Egg (ridiculous, but indulge me)
Please feel free to steal the idea and add your own sporty names. Doesn't have to be just football: I'm sure a Roger Federegg and Andy Murregg pairing would work just as well.
Note added 4/4/12: Pippa at 'A Mother's Ramblings' is gathering together everyone's Easter Egg photos under the Twitter hashtag #ShowYourEasterEggs. Have sent her the link to Alan.
Can I also send a cheer to @SchoolforCool who added a suggestion on Twitter: Gabriel Eggbonlahor. Genius.
Uncannily accurate. Especially the hair.
ReplyDeleteI know: you could sit him next to Alan Hanson and viewers would be none the wiser.
DeleteCute. Though I did have the Englishman who Alan Shearer is. Don't tell Rory though!
ReplyDeleteHe was more in vogue in 2005 so you can be forgiven. And you're a Kiwi so you have a good excuse ;-)
DeleteMust have had some time on your hands today then? LOL
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy a good brainstorming session! We spent a very daft hour bouncing names off each other, yes!
DeleteI plan on making a wee egg replica of my boss - just so's I can crack it really hard across the top when I'm finished.
ReplyDeleteI didn't say I was grown up...just imaginative....
This sounds like a whole new theme!
DeleteThanks so much for explaining who Alan Shearer was! When the title popped up in my reader, I was mentally preparing to head for Wikipedia. What a great idea - will have to tuck that away for future use.
ReplyDeleteI thought of you and kindly provided the link :-)
DeleteOr if your lazy like me, do cricketers. Matt Prior is especially easy.
ReplyDeleteI had to google him.
DeleteOop! 'you're'
ReplyDeleteOop! 'oops' ... damn 'phone.
ReplyDeleteTsk tsk
DeleteGreat idea! I especially love the names.
ReplyDeleteWe could have gone on all day. Even watching the footie last night we kept changing the names.
DeleteGreat job! And John Terry's Chocolate Orange Egg? I love it! Happy Easter to you and yours! :o)
ReplyDeleteAh now that was my idea - so glad you appreciated that.
DeleteHappy Easter FunkyW xx
I love Alan Shearegg. To update him you'd now have to rip the hair off his head and stick it on his chest... funny how lots of baldies have an abundance poking out the top of their shirts.... DON'T ever dust him!! He's too precious!! I once did a double egg-cup kinda ting recreating that painting American Gothic with the heads being eggs. Gave it to an American friend. Wonder if my blowing prowess has kept this intact over the years? I may have to dig out a photo....
ReplyDeleteI had to google American Gothic....perfect choice for a double egg combo. Somehow it's just you, isn't it? yes, a photo please.
DeleteAlan Shearegg is brilliant. I love how he only has one giant foot! :)
ReplyDeleteI like to think it was representative of his lethal left foot. The real truth is that we only had one boot...
DeleteNot keen on eggs. Think I've got eggoraphobia...
ReplyDeleteCan you get any med-egg-ation for that?
DeleteEggscellent post, eggsactly what I felt like reading today...
ReplyDeleteThat's eggstremely nice of you so say so.
DeleteSniggering childishly and sharing with OH your eggy footballers, sadly cannot think of any to contribute.
ReplyDeleteThat's hopeless - aren't there any Spanish players you can eggify? Luis Suareggs, Xavi Hernandegss? You and your OH just aren't trying hard enough ;-)
DeleteYou're just too good at this.
Delete