what if we strap a piece of toast butter-side up to the back of a cat and chuck it out the window?
2006-10-01 00:33:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I like the quantum answer, sort of fits with the tradition of cats in quantum theory. So before anyone looks the cat/toast complex exists in a dual state of back-landed cat/ non-buttered-side down toast duality. But the quantum wave equation collapses when someone observes the outcome - shame!
2006-10-01 03:35:46 · update #1
Very interesting question, I got so engrossed with it that I tried it out with my wifes Persian, I got it prepared as you suggested and chucked it out of my apartment window, on the 24th floor!
I finally got down on the lift to check the result but there was only a sticky blob on the sidewalk, and as I had used strawberry jam on the toast it was difficult to see which way the cat had landed, now I'm going to have to try again and again until I get the answer.
Any one need a cat looking after for a few days??
2006-10-01 05:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by budding author 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But it has been proven that cats do not always land on their feet during an America's Funniest Home Videos episode.
So, the buttered toast will win and force the cat down to the ground on its back.
Either that, or the cat will scratch the living daylights out of your face and live another day.
2006-10-01 07:43:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ok how a cat always lands on its feet. A cat twists its body using its tail as a rudder and flips over, does this always work? Well according to my cat, Storm, ermm that is a definate no. There have been times she has fallen to sleep on the back of my couch rolled over, and bam hits the floor on her back. So its just an urban legend hun. sorry. As for the toast, the mythbusters did a show on this, and its actually fifty/fifty on which side it lands on, but however, if its your last peice of bread to toast, guess which side gets the fifty/fifty split. As for throwing the cat out of the window, ermmm its animal cruelty and you will pay hefty fines for it dear.
2006-10-01 10:35:41 · answer #3 · answered by LunaFaye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There would be a quantum leap at the moment of impact and the cat would land simultaneously on its back and its front.
2006-10-01 07:41:13 · answer #4 · answered by THJE 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The birds would peck the toast off the cats back on its way down and he would land on his feet.
2006-10-01 20:33:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It rotates slowly a few inches above the ground, as if on a spit. It is a cruel way to treat a cat though.
2006-10-01 13:49:58 · answer #6 · answered by easypeasy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen cats land other than on their feet.So no to that.
I also have had toast land butter-side up. So that's a no to that one.
2006-10-01 10:50:05 · answer #7 · answered by ancestorhorse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could then add an new expression like the old phrase
:cat on a hot tin roof" You can now say. would you like butter on your cat. haha!!
2006-10-01 07:52:35 · answer #8 · answered by Wicked 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sounds like the ultimate in bad manners. Think of the poor cat.
2006-10-01 07:41:22 · answer #9 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about that, I once dropped my cat and she landed on her side... didn't half feel guilty, although it was an educational experiance for us both and somewhat amusing too...
2006-10-01 17:56:15 · answer #10 · answered by floppity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋