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Originally Posted by tony873004
I've never heard a news report saying you could balance an egg on the equinox. I've never spoken to anyone who believes this can be done either.
In fact, the only time I've ever heard anything about equinox egg balancing is when people debunk it, as in this thread. A google for "egg balancing equinox" only provides me with websites debunking it, an no websites claiming that the equinox has some special powers that allow you to balance an egg. I didn't venture onto page 2 of the search results.
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I agree with you that I don't see major media on the web promoting Equinox egg-balancing, but if you had looked into the thousands of hits you would have found, 1) people still asking if it is true, and 2) people still saying you can do it on the Equinox, but not mentioning every other day that you can. This is a good sign--that the Internet helps in debunking and that word has spread around that it's absolutely false. In my deeper search I read one page that referred to an AP article about it in 2000, so alot of this first-page-Google debunking isn't
that new.
I see that it is mainly astrology, religious and "new-agey" sites that most recently comment on this balancing business. These are a few of many:
2000
http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/mid...kavinoruz.html
Kids site (rolls eyes).
http://www.sciensational.com/physics.php
Astrology Sept 2005.
http://www.astrologers-online.com/Sk...sept_2005.html
Some dude who has read Briane Greene's book but still sneaks to the fridge on March 20th.
Safe blog
A nutritional site that mentions it while they're recommending eating eggs.
http://www.benefitsofjuice.com/20708.php
An informative 2004 BBC article that mentions Phil Plait (aka BA) as one source.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2181377
Personally, I never encountered this myth either. My family has an Easter custom of breaking eachother's hardboiled eggs, and the one who has an uncracked end wins...alot of hardboiled eggs, lol. I think one would have to be in some serious denial or sheltered to believe this--but some legends die hard.
But, I'll tell you some urban legends I STILL hear of all the time--the biggest one being about pulling grey hairs. "No don't pull them, more will grow in its place!" I hear this so often it's mind boggling.
Discussed at Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/hairgrow.asp