Title: 50 Reasons (The Q-Branch Edition)
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Reason 28 – Time an Egg
Mission: 357682 (Transcript Excerpt)
Participants: Q, 007
007: Q, How long does it take to soft boil an egg?
Q: Depends. What method?
007: There are different ways to boil an egg?
Q: Yes, Several.
007: Explain.
Q: The most common are to start with the egg in cold water or to place the egg into water that is already boiling.
007: Time for the latter?
Q: 1.5 minutes give or take.
007: And how long to bring the water to boiling?
Q: Approximately 12 minutes. Why is this relevant?
007: I've retrieved the package but I had to duck into a storage closet to avoid the cook.
Q: And?
007: If I don't want to be seen I can't move until he's out of the kitchen delivering the breakfast tray.
Q: So you want to know how long the wait will likely be.
007: Yes.
Q: Oh, you are in the Austrian Alps. Do you know the altitude?
007: 1930.
Q: You are going to be stuck a bit longer then.
007: Why?
Q: Water boils at 94 at that height. The egg will take 4.28 minutes and it's 19 minutes for the water to boil.
007: This was supposed to be a quiet in and out. No indications of entry or tampering to be left.
Q: You are going to miss your exit window. The shift change for the perimeter guards is in 15. Hmm. I'll have to see what I can come up with for a distraction.
007: Make it subtle Q. I don't want to have to note in my AAR that the mission objective was blown because we couldn't properly time an egg.
Author's Notes: For those of you on the U.S. side of the pond, the Altitude is in meters temperature is in Celsius (6,430 ft. and 201.2 respectively).
