I've been listening to "The Animals" greatest hits recently and I read a short bio about their lead singer Eric Burdon. This section caught my attention since it involved John Lennon and it answers the question of who is the "eggman" from the song "I Am The Walrus".


Burdon was also a good friend of the Beatles' John Lennon and was mentioned in one of their songs, "I Am the Walrus" as "the eggman". Eric states, "The nickname stuck after a wild experience I’d had at the time with a Jamaican girlfriend called Sylvia. I was up early one morning cooking breakfast, naked except for my socks, and she slid up beside me and slipped an amyl nitrite capsule under my nose. As the fumes set my brain alight and I slid to the kitchen floor, she reached to the counter and grabbed an egg, which she cracked into the pit of my belly. The white and yellow of the egg ran down my naked front and Sylvia began to show me one Jamaican trick after another. I shared the story with John at a party at a Mayfair flat one night with a handful of others." Lennon, finding the story amusing and hilarious, replied, “Go on, go get it, Eggman”, incorporating the incident into his song in tribute to the unique experience.

Interesting way to play in the kitchen (when a can of Reddi-Wip isn't convenient?), except that she was taking a chance of it not being so erotic...

"Amyl nitrite inhalant is available in generic form. Common side effects of Amyl Nitrite include headache, dizziness, flushing of the face, lightheadedness or fainting, involuntary urination or defecation, low blood pressure, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, cold sweat, pale skin, rapid heart rate, restlessness, weakness, or slowed breathing."

https://www.rxlist.com/amyl-nitrite-side-effects-drug-center.htm

But it sounds like it all worked out for this couple's romantic breakfast! Interesting Beatles' reference.