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Today is World Egg Day (apparently always on the second Friday of October).

World Egg Day is promoted by the International Egg Commission to raise global awareness about the role of eggs in people’s diets.

Gobi Reneges On Its Deal

The Telegraph reports that Gobi, a Mongolian restaurant in Brighton, has reneged on its "all you can eat" deal for two of its regular customers (which the manager referred to a "pigs") and banned them for life:

"George Dalmon, a former rugby player, and his friend Andy Miles were banned from all-you-can-eat restaurant, Gobi, In Brighton, after the manager branded them "a couple of pigs".

The men would each eat five bowls of stir-fry during their regular meals at the Mongolian barbecue, which invites guests to create their own dishes from the buffet.

Diners are told they can request meals "as many times as you wish" for £12.

The manager, who did not want to be named, said the two friends were eating him out of business. He said: "Basically they just come in and pig out. We have put up with them for two years but I've had enough.

"They are in such a hurry to beat everyone to the food they spoil everything. We are supposed to be a buffet but they eat everything out of the bowls before people can get there. We just can't keep doing this."

He said diners drank only water and never paid the optional service charge. He added: "We are not a charity, we're a business. It's our restaurant and we can tell people not to come back if we don't want them to."

But Mr Dalmon, 26, said the restaurant should honour its promotion. He said: "They've only got small bowls and you can't get enough in there so we always go back for more.

"We've been eating there for a couple of years then suddenly the owner came to our table in front of all the customers and went absolutely mental. He said we were a couple of pigs and we were banned for life. I couldn't believe it."

When I was a student many years ago, my chums and I would go to one of Edinburgh's most excellent "all you can eat" carveries; where we stuffed our faces for less than a fiver each.

The manager of that that particular carvery regarded our appetites and regular custom as a badge of pride for the staff and chef, and welcomed us on very visit.