From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... hen or
the egg that came first.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
Just resign from the debating society and quit bothering yourself with such deep questions as whether it was the hen or the
egg that came first.
2.
... hen probably
did come before the egg.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
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