Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Egg-sperience

I was watching a rerun of Castle last night and one of the detectives was trying to balance an egg on it's end.  Another detective asked why and the first detective said, "It's the Autumnal equinox and you're supposed to be able to stand an egg on it's end."  The second detective said, "Bro.  That's only a myth!" 

Boy, was he right.  It IS a myth. The equinox has no effect on an egg.

After all, I can balance eggs ANY TIME OF THE YEAR.

In the 80's I was writing a short story (SF) and the crux of the matter was that something only happened as long as an egg stood on its end.

Not knowing any better (that myth thing), I grabbed some eggs from the 'fridge so I could see how long an egg COULD stand up.  That way the story would have some truth.

Eggs balanced - 6/1986
Out of a dozen eggs, I think I stood up maybe 4 eggs.  I left them on the counter to see how long they would fall over.

Eggs balanced - yesterday
A week later I finally TOOK them down because they were in the way.

So, yesterday after Castle, I grabbed some eggs from the 'fridge and voila!

How egg-citing that eggs still have legs.  LOL

(P.S.  I never finished the story.  That the eggs stood so long totally messed up the plot. *heh*)

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**  Since 1986 I think I've figured out how eggs can stand up and why the pointy end is better for balancing, in case anyone wants to know...

10 comments:

  1. So? What's the secret??

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    1. I'm pretty sure under magnification you'll find that eggs are not smooth, but have bumps and even tiny spikes. I'm betting some eggs have bumps/spikes in the right position to create a tripod (or more legs) to balance the egg. The fat end would have less granularity ratio than the pointy end. Anyway, that's my theory. Go ahead -- try it. I'll wait.... Dum de dum dumm........

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  2. One more truism has been destroyed. I didn't know that. I do wish we were able to see Castle. It is one of our favorites.

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    1. Oh, I wish you could too, Larry. Castle is one of my fave shows (right along with Bones, Suits, Royal Pains & Doctor Who).

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  3. That looks like my eggs....different shades of brown.

    I wonder if freshness has anything to do with it?

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    1. I've only tried this on supermarket eggs, but I'm sure fresh eggs stand up to the test as well, so to speak.

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