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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

Happy Vernal Equinox!

To dispel the naysayers, I have photographic evidence forthcoming that an egg will balance on end on the equinox. Speculate all you like, but tomorrow I shall upload the proof and then you can scoff no more!

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

I tried to do that. It did not work.

Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :

Should I show her the picture of an egg balancing on its end which was taken on New Year's eve?

[ March 20, 2005, 08:26 PM: Message edited by: Glenn Arnold ]

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

And ruin all my fun? [Frown]

Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :

Oooh! Oooh! I know how!
[Big Grin]

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Yep, it's easy. Just make sure you use a rabbit egg.

Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :

We used a chicken egg in the German class I was a TA for. We got it to stand on end just fine, and it wasn't even the equinox. Of course we stood it up on the fat end and that had a small bump on the shell to help out [Big Grin]

Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :

An egg can be balanced on its end on the Vernal Equinox. An egg can be balanced on its end on any day of the entire year, so it's hardly a surprise that the Equinox isn't an exception.

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

That would be "eggception." [Smile]

Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :

I've stood eggs on their ends on the equinox. My understanding is that you can do that any time of year. Except maybe on Easter... I dunno. [Razz]

Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :

Here is a pic of me just now trying to get my seventh egg to stand. I gave up on that one.

Eh, so I was bored.

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

You got a lot to balance! Wow. [Smile]

I did not balance eggs today, but rather luxuriated in the sun. While hiking around Black Earth together, Dave and I saw a happy little spider on the snow and the fresh buds against the bluest sky.

Glorious Spring! Happy Vernal Equinox, everyone. [Smile]

[ March 21, 2005, 03:41 AM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Place a hard-boiled egg on a table,
And spin it as fast as you're able;
It will stand on one end
With vectorial blend
Of precession and spin that's quite stable

Or ya can pull the ol' bar bet. Open then palm a packet of sugar or salt. Make the claim.
Gather your hands around the egg as if you are stabilizing it. What you're really doing is concealing the very small pile of salt/sugar that you're pouring.
Plant the egg in the pile so it's standing. Move your hands away slightly as if you're keeping them there to catch the egg if it tilts.
Then with your hands still surrounding the egg, still concealing the pile, lift your hands very slightly off the table.
Gently blow under them. Just hard enough to blow away the salt/sugar from base of the egg.
The weight of the egg will keep a few of the grains of salt/sugar from blowing away.
And in turn, the leftover grains will act as props to hold the egg upright as you move your hand away.

[ March 21, 2005, 11:37 AM: Message edited by: aspectre ]

Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :

Or...

Hard boil the egg, and crunch the end of the shell so it standds up.

[Wink]