I stuck a pin into a chair

I stuck a pin into a chair,

To stick in someone sitting there;

And so well was it hid, the sight

Could not rest on its point so bright.

I threw an egg into the air -

It fell on someone, I don't know where;

For who so swift of sight or leg

As to dodge the flight of a hard-boiled egg?

Long, long afterwards, squashed out flat,

I found the egg on a curate's hat;

And the pin, through its pointed end,

Was unexpectedly found by a friend.