Equinox & Eggs at The Black Iris of Jordan

Equinox & Eggs

29Mar07

Date: March 21st 2007
Time: 12 am
Ingredients: 1 Egg

About a week ago, out of boredom and nostalgia for winter, I tried balancing an egg on its end on the first day of spring i.e. the vernal equinox. As (Chinese) legend has it, an egg can be balanced on its end during the vernal or autumnal equinox: where the Sun crosses the equator making it one of the few days in the whole year where the length of day and night are the same.

Suffice to say, after several minutes of trying I failed.

p.s. this is mostly an urban myth as an egg can actually be balanced on any day of the year given enough time and effort. but i wasn’t that bored.

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1 Mohanned on Mar 29th, 2007 said:

If you boiled it, it would have been better for you:D
2 secratea on Mar 29th, 2007 said:

ok, I also decided to balance an egg after reading your post, and guess what?? I managed to make it balance from the first try ))) lucky meee…Oh, but wait and hear the rest of the story. I left it on the kitchen counter and went to answer the phone, and when i came back it was on the floooor… waaaa2!! it toook me a while to get it cleaned up, and make the floor smell good. It is your fault ;D (kidding)
3 Nas on Mar 29th, 2007 said:

mohanned: probably yeah

secratea: lol my bad
4 sillybahrainigirl on Mar 30th, 2007 said:

LOL!!!! And I thought I was the only one capable of such silliness! You beat me here Nas!
5 Nas on Mar 30th, 2007 said:

sillybahrainigirl: welcome to the club…we had jackets made!
6 fullthrottle on Mar 30th, 2007 said:

y does the Image of Bill Nye the Science Guy pop up as im reading this.
flashbacks: grade school science class and the infamous parachuting egg!