A Greek town was left scrambled after Marines ate all of the city’s eggs and meat and overindulged on tattoos during a recent training exercise visit with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit.
It's even more oorah than we thought.
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All of them, or just the chicken eggs?
Dunno, what's the usage of other eggs in Greek cuisine? Duck and goose might be included?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-marines-just-ate-eggs-222300047.html
The 1,500 officers and enlisted Marines aboard the ship spent three days in the northeastern Greek city, and during their stay they reportedly ate all of Alexandroupoli's eggs.
Giorgos Alavantas, a restaurant owner, said 6,000 to 7,000 eggs were eaten during one day of the US visit. "In other words, we don't have eggs," Alavantas said, according to local media.
"I serve 16 different types of meat at my restaurant, and they tried them all," Georgios Davis, a former president of the Alexandroupoli hospitality association, told Greek newspaper Kathimerini.
To be fair, that's only like 4-5 eggs each. Sounds like a huge boost for the local economy, as long as the locals still had something left to eat.