Eggies On Those Afghans

"Eggies on" something was similar to "Chips on" something in kids' legal code in Brooklyn 3, but it was acquisitive rather than compensatory.

It had exclusively to do with food.

Your friend comes walking out of the luncheonette with a bottle of RC, for instance. You say, "Eggies on that soda." He is now obligated to give you a sip.

Eggies on that ice cream, that sandwich, that pretzel, those Afghans (pistachio nuts). We were hungry.

Of course, like taxes for adults, you could get out of eggies if you were smart or stingy.

All you had to do was say "No eggies" first, to preempt any claim. That was for the smart and quick.

For the stingy, stung by an eggies claim, there was saliva.

"Eggies on that soda." Oh, yeah? So, Lee Mark Shimpkin drops a big clam into the bottle, and gobs all over the top of it.

That's alright. You'd have to be crazy to drink off Lee Mark's lips anyway. Crazy or dying of thirst, literally, and death is probably preferable.

The truth is, eggies claims were usually made between friends. It was sort of a street way to ask for a sip or a share. We generally did not ask for things, and never used words like share. Tough guys.