2006-08-16 08:01:29 · 22 answers · asked by robbo 1 in Dining Out ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
my toast only lands butter side down 50% of the time when i dine out
2006-08-16 14:21:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has nothing to do with weight, it has everything to do with spin.
Most people will drop a piece of toast or bread from a height of between 4 and 6 feet. Also, when they drop it they will tend to add a spin to the bread. And of course most normal people carry buttered or jammy bread with the spread upright.
As the bread product falls and spins it only has time to make a 180 degree revolution meaning that it invariably falls spread side down.
To prevent this carry your bread and toast with the spread side down.
2006-08-16 15:13:22 · answer #2 · answered by barrytabrah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which brings up a point.
If toast always lands butter side down,
and if cats always land on their feet,
what would happen if you tied a piece of
buttered toast to a cat's back?
Would the cat and toast just float there?
2006-08-16 15:26:53 · answer #3 · answered by Steve 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know!! I believe it's because that side is heavier so gravity automatically flips it over? maybe? Oh but there was this one time where I dropped my toast and it didn't land butter side down I was amazed!! Literally!
2006-08-16 15:08:04 · answer #4 · answered by lochness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have wondered this for years and also if you drop the lid of the butter, it always lands butter side down.
2006-08-16 15:10:36 · answer #5 · answered by frankmilano610 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because butter is heavier the side with butter is heavier. Being heavier it tends to fall faster and that force is turning the toast butterless side up.
2006-08-16 15:11:06 · answer #6 · answered by Serghei R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's to do with the average height of tables and countertops and the number of rotations the toast goes through. I saw a documentary about it arond 5 years ago.
2006-08-16 18:41:10 · answer #7 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, on Mythbusters - they did that and it wasnt always true. i think that out of two loaves of bread, only a 3rd landed buttered-side down.
2006-08-16 15:06:57 · answer #8 · answered by Sweet Dreams 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's called Murphy's Law.
2006-08-16 15:09:05 · answer #9 · answered by phoenixheat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its because the buttered side is heavier ?
2006-08-16 15:09:54 · answer #10 · answered by MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋