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Subject: Re: Vernal Equinox & Egg Standing Phenomenon
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Date: Thu, 19-Mar-87 20:49:30 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 19 20:49:30 1987
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In article <420@atux01.UUCP> jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore) writes:
>
>According to ancient, arcane sources, on the day of the VERNAL EQUINOX
>(i.e. first day of spring, tomorrow 3/20/87) if you place an egg on end (use
>the large end) on a smooth surface, it will stand on its own!
>
>
>						Jim Collymore
>
>p.s.  I did tried the same thing the day after the EQUINOX, and I just couldn't
>      seem to get ANY of the eggs to stand on end.

   Somebody else tried the same thing, on some day other than the Vernal
Equinox, and succeeded in getting many dozens of eggs to stand on end.  
The likelihood of standing an egg on end, they reported, had more to do with
the balancers manual dexterity than with the day of year (this is not a 
slur at you, I don't even know you, I'm just quoting as best as my memory
allows).  For more information, I can look up the article I saw this bit
of trivia in (Discover, unknown month in 1986 I believe).
   
(adding garbage, to make article more than 50% mine, so that it will be posted)

                                           
                                     
-- 
I hope something in all this garbage helps someone, because I know that I've
thouroughly confused myself.
	Brian Bowers
	cs1551bb@charon.unm.edu