Eggs - treme

I was ordering breakfast (and listening to others order) in Vegas and it dawned on me - there are a lot of ways to prepare eggs.

Poached; scrambled; over easy; over medium; over hard; omelette; sunny side up; boiled; soft boiled; hard boiled; quiche; deviled; souffle; baked.......

What is it about eggs that we came up with so many different ways to cook them?