Hmm, this is an interesting point and one I had figured someone would point out.
If I had time to deploy the lick-weapon to the egg why not them mung it down instead.
Well, the answer is simple really, but may be difficult to comprehend. You see, when one becomes focused on deploying the devastatingly effective lick-weapon one gets into a trance-like state of focus, referred to in the biz as lickfocus, and when in this state all other lesser matters become difficult to grasp. So, when my little spider-monkey hand grabbed that egg it didn't even occur to me that I could wack it down the gob and indeed consume it. I licked it and placed it back on the plate fully expecting to have the chance to eat it later. I did not, clearly.
So, there's the reason. Why may this be a difficult thing to comprehend? Well, only one who has been in the lickfocus state could ever understand the fog of lick. It is much like the fog of war, but more lick-focused.
So...That explains it clearly I'd say. 😉