I had never heard of this before today from folks at work. They said it was a very old and popular "myth". That on the spring equinox you can stand an egg on it's end. Today they bought a half dozen eggs and we went outside, they got 5 of the 6 to stand simultaneously, then a gush of wind knocked them over. Given that I've never tried to stand an egg on it's end before I'm not sure if this proves the "myth" and I doubt I'll get up tomorrow trying to see if the egg would stand on the day after. Anyway, I'm just curious have you heard of this myth before, did it work for you if you had?

morningsong said:

it's not a myth it's a fact

I've never tried, but I've heard this is possible -- given the correct conditions -- on just about any day.

you dont have to set the egg on its end.

you simply lay it on its side and through the day it will eventually balance itself on its end/tip. then it will eventually go back down onto its side.

we did this in school.

It's a myth. You can do it any day of the year.

Efan said:

what i described you can do any day of the year?

Cuddles said:

I'm not really sure what you described. Are you saying eggs are rising and falling all over the world all day long on the equinox? And why would it only be eggs?

A Google search will provide many links that show how it's a myth.

Here's a site I like a lot, Bad Astonomy. The guy who runs this site showed how to do it all year long here: http://www.badastronomy.c..._spin.html

Efan said:

when i was in grade school the principal secretary did this and during the day while laying on a solid surface it would slowly shift from laying on its side to gradually leaning on its tip to standing on its tip then go back down. it was hours and hours through out the day. thats what i recall anyway

ehuffnsd said:

I think I suffer from lingual alzheimer's, the word I really wanted was theory.

Cuddles said:

Guess I'll have to wait for the fall equinox then to work it out, yet somehow I got the impression that it only works in spring.