I wonder, though, if that’s because the sand jumps up a bit when recoiling from the tap. It seems that tapping only lengthens the time. I believe there are three common methods of attempting to alter the sand.įor this test, the sand timer was held in one hand while a finger from the other hand repeatedly tapped the top of the timer.Īnd, because I’m a bored non-scientist, I think I’ll call one run good enough. Now to study the effects of various sand timer shaking theories. I labeled the timer itself, one side “A” (when face up, yields the “A” times), and one side “B” (yielding the “B” times). I now apologize to half the people with whom I’ve played games with this timer, for robbing them of about 6 seconds. The first step in my investigation was to establish a control by averaging six timed runs (that is, three runs in each direction, “A” and “B”)Īpparently my timer runs longer in one direction than it does in the other. I retrieved my standard gaming sand timer from my prototyping kit. DISCLAIMER: Any resemblance to real science in this work is purely coincidental. I set out to uncover the shaky truth behind the sand timer. You shake the sand timer vigorously…ĭoes this work to empty the timer faster? If so, what’s the best method? Might it actually serve to slow the timer? Or do all methods of shaking the timer have no effect on when it runs out?
If Aunt Karen’s team doesn’t stumble on the right answer before the last grain of sand hits the bottom, the Tim-Horton’s-mug-turned-Pictionary-trophy will receive its eighth tally mark and maintain its esteemed position atop your sock drawer.ĭesperate times call for desperate measures. You are the official timer (And what an honor! Not everyone gets to use your father’s Boggle sand timer from when he was in college). But for some reason–maybe it’s something in the Swedish meatballs–he and Aunt Karen are actually on the same wavelength! And as she draws lines of (supposedly) fur on some (almost) four-legged (I think) creature (let’s go with that), your team’s seven-month winning streak is being threatened.
Aunt Karen and company are on the brink of capturing an unlikely victory… After all, her utter absence of two artistic cells to rub together is overshadowed only by Uncle Randy’s atrocious inability to guess under pressure.
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