Hope everyone's having a happy Equinox

[Deagroth]

Yes, it's the Autumn Equinox right now and here's some pictures of a regular old corn broom standing completely by itself.  My sister tried a synthetic broom that's kinda slanted and it too stood upright without aid.

Ok, so I might be a month off, but it's still kinda wierd that the brooms will stand on end.

[Schlup]

What the heck, so you are saying that during a certain time of year stuff will balance itself?

[2SftKties]

Actually I saw a blurb on the news a little while ago about a lady who has a broom that always stands by itself. 
It's just a coincidence of how the bristles are worn, that it just balances naturally

[Schlup]

That's nuts, it's still something of a feat no matter how the bristles are worn.

[2SftKties]

Well the news showed a video of her standing there, and she'd pick up the broom and set it back down, and it balanced. Then she'd knock it over and stand it back up and it balanced.

We want to assign some mystical explanation to stuff like this, but coincidence is usually the best solution

[CoCoCountyKiller]

did she try a bunch of brooms or just that one freak of nature

co.co.

[TSKseattle]

It was just hte one broom she used normally

Here's the article I saw:
http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=10998150