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From: bct@its63b.UUCP
Newsgroups: misc.misc,rec.games.misc,sci.misc
Subject: Re: Vernal Equinox & Egg Standing Phenomenon
Message-ID: <346@its63b.ed.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 23-Mar-87 05:20:49 EST
Article-I.D.: its63b.346
Posted: Mon Mar 23 05:20:49 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 26-Mar-87 04:20:25 EST
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Reply-To: bct@ecsvax.ed.ac.uk (B Tompsett)
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Edinburgh University, U.K.
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Summary: The world is big, amazingly big. The news is slow, amazingly slow.

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!

 It takes along time for news to percolate round the world. This just arrived 
today 23rd March. I'll just have to wait till next year! :-) :-)



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