Equinox Egg Balancing

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO CHERYL TEO

At 12.00PM on 28th May 2008, which is the first day of spring or the first day of the vernal equinox, and the only day you balance an egg on its tip and it will stay upright vertically. Or is that just some myth? I am more excited by the fact that today is Dumpling Festival.

According to BBC, the egg is used because it is a symbol of fertility. Apparently rabbits are symbol of fertility too but according to BBC again, eggs are easier to handle than rabbits. Equinox Egg Balancing legend was started off in ancient China, something about the "balance" in gravity between the Earth and the Sun. BBC says it will work today and it will work on any other day too if you are extremely patient. The trick is to shake the egg first according to BBC again. Hmmm, why only eggs can be balanced?

Why not stand a mango on its tip and it will stand upright vertically?

Egg on its tip