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Back in my high school physics class, we had a project where we had to
build something to hold one egg, which would be dropped out a 3rd-floor
window, and survive, with a budget of I think 99 cents. Everybody else
build these contraptions with strings and rubber bands, or parachutes
that were too small. I took a packet of gelatin, a Big Gulp cup from
7-11, and molded the egg in the middle. 39 cents. Made one hell of a
SPLAT when it landed but the egg didn't break. Cheapest one that
worked, so I got the prize.


Mine was similar: an empty medium size oatmeal container, a quart baggie
full of applesauce (with pressure release holes punched in it), a rock in
the bottom to right-side-up the container, some Wheaties as packing peanuts,
and my egg - cocooned in the applesauce bag. Guy on the school roof
"flipped" my oatmeal tube. That little egg didn't stand a chance hitting
upside-down.


Montblack