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...