In Lilliput, Gulliver finds that the tiny people are going to war with their neighbours over the right way to open a boiled egg - from the big or little end. This was basically Jonathan Swift's satire on the wars between England and France in his own time - which were based on points just as silly as the "Big-Enders" vs the "Little-Enders" and their quarrel. You can find out more from sparknotes.
