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Thread ID: 136346 2014-02-19 08:08:00 Strange egg question Greg (193) PC World Chat
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1368086 2014-02-19 08:08:00 I've got two loose eggs in my fridge. One is boiled, the other raw. Can anyone suggest how I can tell which is which? Greg (193)
1368087 2014-02-19 08:12:00 Spin the eggs on a working surface. The boiled egg will spin
more freely than the uncooked egg
blanco (11336)
1368088 2014-02-19 08:12:00 Open em up. Metla (12)
1368089 2014-02-19 08:17:00 Drop them on the floor. CliveM (6007)
1368090 2014-02-19 08:29:00 6 Ways to tell www.wikihow.com

The 7th way -- walk up to your partner hold egg (pick one) Say its fine - its hard boiled - Honest , crack egg on their head - If its hard boiled your fine - if its Raw -- OOPS -- start running -- :o
wainuitech (129)
1368091 2014-02-19 08:31:00 Spin the eggs on a working surface. The boiled egg will spin
more freely than the uncooked egg

That's the right answer. The raw egg will tend to wobble a bit but not spin well.
Marnie (4574)
1368092 2014-02-19 08:45:00 I would have allocated .00000000000000000000000004 of a second of thought to this issue, as soon as I deduced I had a 50 percent chance of being right, and the consequence of being wrong is the loss of an egg I would have cracked the nearest one open. Metla (12)
1368093 2014-02-19 13:24:00 I would have allocated .00000000000000000000000004 of a second of thought to this issue, as soon as I deduced I had a 50 percent chance of being right, and the consequence of being wrong is the loss of an egg I would have cracked the nearest one open.It was just an academic question - I too wouldn't lament the loss of an egg.

crack egg on their head - If its hard boiled your fineI don't think so - she'd probably give me slaps around the head!
Greg (193)
1368094 2014-02-19 21:21:00 And to tell if it's still good put it in water, rotting eggs float. dugimodo (138)
1368095 2014-02-19 21:40:00 Is this what people are checking for when I see shoppers swapping eggs from one box to the other in supermarkets ?

Use a water divining rod, or a psychic .
Better still use a psychic with a water devining rod. That doubles the chance of being correct, so 2x 50/50 = 100% every time
1101 (13337)
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