Comments on: December 13, 2007

By: Tdave

Tdave — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:38:19 +0000

My rule is: It’s not Christmas unless you catch a whiff of burning electrical insulation from overloaded extension cords.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:29:53 +0000

Since the ends of the forks are angled back past the cup, the center of gravity is over the toothpick, so balancing the fork/toothpick system isn’t hard. Then, since the other end of the toothpick isn’t significantly affecting the balance of the system, you can get rid of it.

By: Alice

Alice — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:11:49 +0000

This is just a showy variant of the old “two forks and a quarter” trick. Wedge two forks evenly onto opposite sides of a quarter near an edge and then balance the quarter’s opposite edge on the edge of a glass. Piece of cake. If I’m correct, it’s a center of gravity thing.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:51:19 +0000

After a late-night discussion at Neatorama, I have figured out how the two forks trick works.