Too many cooks spoils the egg-sale?

A pasar malam (night market) hawker selling eggs put up a sign board “Fresh Eggs Sold Here”. A friend comments that the eggs are definitely fresh, so the word ‘fresh’ can be dropped. Another friend tells him not to mention the word ‘here’ because it is understood. If not here, then where? Yet another friend asks him whether he is giving away or selling the eggs. He realizes the word ‘sold’ is also redundant. He is selling only eggs and every passers-by can see them. Finally his sign board is blank.

The moral of the story is too much conflicting advice will lead you nowhere.