January 2 - Egg Drop Contest
Today we we’re still at sea on our way to
Montevideo, Uruguay, for some wine tasting.
There was an Egg Drop Contest. I usually compete;
however, we were only given 2 days to come up with a design and flight test it
and I wasn’t in the right mind set. I’ll blame it on the drink package and
being too close to New Year’s Eve.
In case you’ve
never attended or competed, it goes like this….
1. You have to
build a contraption that cradles and egg.
2. You cannot
encase the egg; as it has to be easily accessible and retrievable.
3. You then have
to drop it from the 9th floor of the Centrum, where it lands on the
4th floor. Yes, a 5-story drop.
4. The egg should
land within a bullseye outline on the floor and not break.
5. Points are given for flare, construction and
the egg remaining intact.
I did have a bird’s eye seat, at the bar, for
the competition. In fact, one almost landed on me, but I jumped out of the way.
Sheenagh, the activities manager, scolded me for not attempting to save me beer.
No worries, no alcohol was spilled, Whew! I became braver and near the end a
parachute of one of the contestants did hit my knee. Luckily the egg did not
break.
There were 35 contestants, here are a few; Egg Wing, Humpty Air Rescue, and Fleggs Galore
The Winner - Fleggs Galore - notice the flags that popped out after a successful landing. I wonder if he worked on the Apollo Missions.
Just so you know, I’ll be ready for the next
competition! I had totally forgotten I had all the right material to compete.
Art and Pam, you’ll be proud of my design. I’ll be keeping an eye out, and will
be ready for the next time we have the Egg Drop Contest!!
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