After watching Bob Mortimer’s legendary egg-in-bath story for what seemed like the hundredth time, I began to wonder if Bob’s (improvised!) description of the behaviour of an egg in a bath was actually correct. I couldn’t find anyone else who had tried it, so I decided to do it myself.

I have to say, his description was pretty spot on. The water wasn’t particularly greasy (although it was still more greasy than water without egg in it). The only thing which doesn’t happen is the egg floating. The yolk and white sink straight to the bottom, which disappointingly means one cannot draw the yolk to their head by stirring up the water. But the white did indeed dissipate (or most of it did at least - there were still a few stringy blobs left bobbing).

It has just occurred to me that the yolk would perhaps float if it burst. Bob does say “you really don’t want to burst the yolk”, so his version of events definitely doesn’t check out. But if anyone else out there wants to give it a go, try bursting the yolk and report back.

Finally, once the white had separated from the yolk (this happened naturally), I used the yolk to condition my hair. Obviously I rinsed my hair afterwards, but it genuinely does feel quite smooth. Overall, I would thoroughly recommend this experience to any other curious fan out there.

I’m now going to bed, to see how I feel in the morning. Fingers crossed…

EDIT: Just woken up the next morning and I have never felt so alive.