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Wawa sign stunt has me completely confused – can you figure it out?

Apparently there’s a new Wawa challenge you haven’t heard about yet – and you’re already bad at it.

This requires a lot of skill. And a lot of patience. And a lot of bad luck. And no, I’m not talking about just driving around in their parking lots during the morning rush hour.

I was at Wawa in Hammonton (the blueberry capital of the world, thank you very much) A few days ago, as I was walking, I noticed something. Their big sign out front didn’t look right.

Wawa – Photo: Chris Coleman

Wawa – Photo: Chris Coleman

Maybe if you take a closer look you’ll see what I’m talking about…

Wawa – Photo: Chris Coleman

Wawa – Photo: Chris Coleman

Yes, someone got two Wawa soda cups stuck in the valleys of the “W” on their sign.

Wawa – Photo: Chris Coleman

Wawa – Photo: Chris Coleman

How the hell did they do that?!

I actually stood in their parking lot for a few minutes trying to figure this out.

This is simply one of the greatest human achievements of all time.

Well, almost.

First of all, this sign has to be 15 to 20 feet tall (that’s a guess on my part) and the “W” isn’t that big, relatively speaking. But I assume that anything you throw up there will get stuck if it lands correctly (Warning: not Throw things at Wawa signs – don’t break their signs and risk being charged with vandalism or worse.).

Wawa – Photo: Chris Coleman

Wawa – Photo: Chris Coleman

But what about these cups? You can’t throw empty plastic cups into the air – they won’t land anywhere. And when the cups are full, they are too heavy and tip over when you throw them. I’m assuming these cups had to be somewhere between half empty and half full (depending on how much of an optimist or pessimist you are), so they were just right to end up there successfully. But even then you’re throwing the wide part of the cup into the air, so there’s a good chance it’ll tip over (i.e. they’re not aerodynamic).

I am impressed. And I think we all should have paid more attention in high school physics class.

And no, they didn’t do that on the much lower sign in front of the store – that would have been too easy. Even I could do that. Perhaps.

Wawa – Photo: Chris Coleman

Wawa – Photo: Chris Coleman

Again, I’m not suggesting that anyone is actually trying to replicate this stunt, nor do I want to receive letters from Wawa corporate people accusing me of starting a movement of people throwing things at their signs. so they can do a 7 second trick TikTok video, but if you can figure out (on paper) what it would take to actually do this, I’d love to hear from you.

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