2006-09-08 20:28:17 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Your question is incomplete..It should be.....
'If buttered toast always lands buttered side down....
And If a cat always lands on its feet.........
What will happen if your strap a slice of toast, buttered side up, to the back of a cat and throw them both into the air.. ???
2006-09-08 20:34:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Whether it lands butter side down or up is largely due to the height the toast is dropped from and the way it was knocked off from, oh yeah and pure chance. Think if the toast is spinning (side over side) slowly as it falls, then the toast must finish with an incomplete rotation, ie. 2.5, 3.5, or 4.5 spins, so that it falls butterside down. That is what needs to happen, whether is does or not is pure chance as there is far too many other variables to consider to make a firm prediction.
2006-09-08 20:42:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
during the middle ages, the average height of people was shorter than it is today. today our door frames, benches, sinks, you name it are all higher from the ground. as we butter the toast (face side up), higher than we used to (in the middle ages), the toast performs an extra half turn if we drop it. this lands the toast face side down and we ruin our breakfast. back in the middle ages, the toast would not have enough time to rotate that extra half turn and primarily would land face side up. the law of averages:)
2006-09-08 20:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by SivGiger78 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it doesnt i tested on 10 picers of toast for you with diffrent topping like vegiemite cheese and penut butter
7 landed up side down ( and laft aterrible smear on the floor
and 3 landed the right way
so it doesnt alway but most of the time
2006-09-08 22:04:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesnt, its just that when it lands toast side down it doesnt cause you any grief so you dont 'put' it in your memeory. When it falls butter side down you have to pick out dog ends & cat fur from it & make the choice to eat it or start again...it causes you trouble, you 'put' it in your memory & it stays there & is built upon every time the random event turns out that way.
2006-09-08 20:36:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This was actually tested on "The Myth Busters". It showed that the butter side down was not any more often than butter side up.
2006-09-08 20:32:35 · answer #6 · answered by kelliekareen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bread does x number of revolutions or "flips before it lands. As you always drop it from about the same height it always lands on the same side. Try carrying your bread upside down.
2006-09-08 20:42:26 · answer #7 · answered by SpareHead1 aka someone else 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
even though this may sound strange but its because the butter make that side heavier so that side reaches the floor first
2006-09-08 20:34:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
weight distribution + gravity + density of the one side of toast = buttered up vinyl.
2006-09-08 20:32:17 · answer #9 · answered by Stroopwafel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you never considered that you might in fact have buttered the wrong side?
2006-09-08 20:36:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋