The Great Egg and Spoon Balancing Challenge!!

Muse at Xanadu set me a challenge of trying to balance an egg on its end. Well, when somebody throws down the gauntlet and sets me a challenge, I cannot turn it down.

I have balanced eggs on their ends before, so I thought I'd make it more difficult for myself. So rather than balancing it on the big end, I wanted to try and balance it on the pointed end...

Well, after a couple of hours I managed to achieve that feat... by this time my hands were shaking and I had almost turned blue due to holding my breath as I precariously balance the egg on its tip. I then had the almost impossible task of very slowly walking away and picking up my camera to take a shot of it. Desperately trying to avoid making any unnecessary movement, in fear of the vibrations making their way to the egg and causing it to topple. Here is the result:

But no!!! Now I have achieved this, I WANT to do more. One of my weaknesses is that I am never ever satisfied with my work, no matter what I put my hand too. So this challenge, although complete, needed a little bit of a twist. So I decided to raise the stakes. I now want to balance a spoon on top of the egg that is already balanced on its tip. My goodness!!! Am I barking mad???? Surely there must be something better for me to be doing at this moment in my life??? eh...nope! So, I slowly maneuvered my way over to the cutlery drawer and carefully slid it open... like a butterfly in flight, I slowly put my hand inside and pulled out a small teaspoon. I moved over to the balanced egg and held my breath once again. My hand moved slowly to the top of the egg, a small bead of sweat trickled down my brow....

I slowly lowered the spoon onto the top of the egg.....

the egg wobbled!!!! I stopped.....

I tried again.....

it wobbled again....

One more time, this time I can feel it deep in my bones, I can do it!...

And guess what?.......

I DID IT!!!

HURRAY!!! And here is the evidence:

Okay, so now the challenge goes on! Can you balance an egg on its end? If you can, can you go that step further and balance a teaspoon on top of it?

Go on, you know you want to try it! Go get that egg and get balancing!!

Oh and be sure to post a photo... I want to see the proof!!!

Good luck and just remember... if all else fails, make an omelet!!!!

Bye for now,

Graham x