A New Hampshire judge has responded Dr. Seuss-style to an unusual missive from a plaintiff in a prisoner rights case -- a hard-boiled egg.

"I do not like eggs in the file/I do not like them in any style," U.S. Magistrate Judge James R. Muirhead said in his homage to "Green Eggs and Ham," going on to rhyme, "Destroy that egg/Today! Today!/Today I say! Without delay!"

The offending egg came from Charles Jay Wolff, a convicted sex offender who says he is an Orthodox Jew and has accused prison officials of refusing to feed him a kosher diet. He is suing the New Hampshire Department of Corrections for $10 million.

Those who wish to read the entire order for destruction of an egg can find it here.

9/24/07