(Xander drops his egg)

Willow: It didn’t break! How come it didn’t break?

Xander: Which is another secret to conscientious egg care: pot of scalding water and about eight minutes.

Willow: You boiled your young?

Xander: Yeah! I know it sounds cruel, but sometimes you gotta be cruel to be kind! I mean, you can bet that little Xander here is thick skinned now.

Giles: Technically that would be cheating, yes?

Xander: No! It’s like a short cut. You know, when you run a race?

Buffy: That would also be cheating.

Willow: You should be ashamed.

Giles: I suppose there is a sort of… Machiavellian ingenuity to your transgression.

Xander: I resent that! Or possibly thank you.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 12 – “Bad Eggs”