... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... The coming of the Vernal Equinox (VE) recently has seen an upsurge in the idea that you can stand or spin an egg on end on the day of the VE . ... One Bad Reader in particular sent a copy to her local TV station when she heard that they were going to try to balance an egg. ... Mr. Gilbert and the sportscaster were able to stand the eggs up, but the anchors could not. ... Now, I have received some email from people that tried to stand eggs up and had it work. ...