Right after the ladies have their hair done for the wedding, Ms. Ouiser (Shirley McClaine)arrives with her dog complaining about the noise of the reception preparations. Shelby's dad fires a gun down the street to scare the birds, startles the dog and causes Ouiser to slam the trunk of the car where Truvy was loading dozens of Easter eggs for a church hunt. When the trunk is raised, the eggs are all broken. You don't color and decorate raw eggs...you hard boil them first. Hard boiled eggs don't break.