In a way it reminds me of the many things that you can do to dress up the humble egg.
You can boil it - just drive around the Rock and see it for yourself. You can fry it - pay about $90 to be guided around the Rock by a ranger for two hours (food not included). You can scramble it - pay $140 to be guided around the Rock by two rangers for three hours (includes a sandwich). You can make a fancy omelette - pay a lot of money to fly over it in a plane or helicopter (includes free risk of death).
You can paint the eggshell, turn it into some ridiculous novelty piece and try to sell it - pay an absurd amount of money to be driven around the Rock on the back of a Harley. (Hey, why not get married while you're at it and get double the corn for your buck? Those Harley guys, man. What a bunch of motorcycle prostitutes.)Or you can go all the way and have your oeuf Florentine style - drink champagne as you float over the Rock in a balloon at dawn (spinach not included).
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