Can you stand on an egg the first day of spring? i heard you could. has anyone tried it?
2007-01-24 14:17:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
I have never heard anything about standing on an egg. Unless it's petrified, it will just get egg all over your shoes.
There is discredited old folk wisdom that claims a raw egg can be made to stand up by itself on the spring or fall solstice because of the position or balance of the earth. It's been tried many times and simply isn't true.
What is true is that you can determine whether an egg is raw or has been boiled by trying to spin it. Boiled eggs spin; raw eggs don't.
2007-01-24 18:03:19 · answer #1 · answered by roxburger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A light person might be able to stand on an egg if the egg was standing straight up (that is the cone part are in the north and south position) because the egg is the strongest in that position.
2007-01-24 22:29:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were to build cups for the two ends that exactly fit the egg, so the weight can be evenly distributed, yes. Or, you can bury the egg in sand and stand on the sand.
2007-01-24 23:10:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but the egg will crunch underneath your weight.
2007-01-24 22:24:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
theoritically that is possible if the load is applied on the top arch, the pointed region, but pratical difficulties may arise.
also impact loads cannot be applied
2007-01-24 23:02:33 · answer #5 · answered by blitzkrieg_hatf6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i suppose you can but try putting the egg on verticle position.
2007-01-25 08:33:23 · answer #6 · answered by divas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but why should i. i'd rather go look for easter eggs.
2007-01-24 22:24:56 · answer #7 · answered by ALESANA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course.... i can stand on an ostrich egg....
2007-01-25 11:59:39 · answer #8 · answered by Krish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope. dun wanna get my feet messy
2007-01-25 00:09:43 · answer #9 · answered by Khairudin Bin Salim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt you can. =/
2007-01-24 22:25:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋