How to Get an Egg through a Bottleneck
Be the life of the party – without wearing a lampshade or starting a conga line – by getting an egg into a bottle.
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You Will Need
- 4 Four wooden matches
- 1 A wide-mouth glass bottle that holds at least 20 ounces
- 1 A peeled, hard-boiled egg
Steps
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Step 1
Light some matches
Strike four matches at once. Be careful not to burn your fingers (or anything else).
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Step 2
Drop in matches
Drop the lit matches into an empty glass bottle. Don't worry—the flames will extinguish themselves inside.
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Step 3
Set the egg
Before the matches extinguish, set the narrower end of the egg on the mouth of the bottle so that it covers the opening completely.
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Step 4
Watch it go
Watch as the air-pressure variation you've created inside the bottle magically sucks the egg right in. Now take a bow!
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It takes a hen about 25 hours to lay one egg; then she starts all over again 30 minutes later.
