The whole idea of spreading the weight out over a larger area gets to the idea of pressure, or force per area. In this case we’re talking about the force per egg. It’s very similar to the bed-of-nails demonstration we do from time to time. We have a bed-of-nails with 400 nails that a Team member will lay on. They can lay on them safely because their weight is spread out over all the nails. A bed-of-NAIL (meaning just a single nail) would be very dangerous. A two hundred pound person laying on our bed would have their weight distributed over 400 nails so each nail would be pressing with a force of 200/400 = 0.5 pounds. Not enough force to pierce the skin.
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