Have you ever thrown a cat out of a window? No, I hear you cry. If you did, (and NO, I have never tried it either) you would find that the cat always lands on its feet. Anyway, according to Murphy's Law, if you drop a slice of buttered bread on the floor it will always land butter side down. So, if you strapped a piece of buttered bread to the back of a cat and launched it from your bedroom window, which way up would it land? Please don't actually try this, chess pals, just give us your opinions. Many thanks!

the cat would fall and then suddenly stop 3 inches above the ground twirling in mid-air while the laws of the universe tried endlessly to sort it out.

I agree that the cat would rip the fabric of our time/space continuim completely in half: which is why I don't own a cat and don't eat buttered bread. I'm just doing my little part to preserve humanity as we know it. Others may recycle, I do this.

I heard a theory about how it was a way to create black holes.

based on murphy's law,the worst scenario will happen,=the cat/buttered toast will land in the middle, creating a rift in the time/space continuum!!!

Well since a cat has a higher survival rate above six stories and under one story than between...

And since Bread has a constant survival rate varied by the thickness of its crust...

And since butter is doomed by virtue of its tastiness... I have to say that the laws of the space-time-ketchup continuum require an allowance for the amount of cat that is spread on the butter...

hmm, what if the cat eats the bread while falling? OMG!! I hate geometry quizzes...

... and my notes are all covered in buttery furballs.

you lot are bloody great.. and slghtly mad!

hmmm...it all depends on whether the butter is made from cat's milk or cow's milk? :)

I was actually temped to try this as a controlled experiment, first placing a trampoline in the back garden and putting the RSPCA on standby. But, unfortunately, in todays social climate, i thought wasting a slice of buttered bread might be considered sinful by both Bob Geldof and the starving gazillions in Africa.

Wasn't this discussed in a Douglass Adams book?

 

The answer is 42. 

 

--Fromper 

You never stated which side of the bread was attached to the cat, so with this in mind i will suggest that the cat landed on its feet because the buttered side was attached to the cat. Next question.:)

you really are quite an irritating little man jona. i suggest you go and bash your bishop :)

TonyGas wrote:

you really are quite an irritating little man jona. i suggest you go and bash your bishop :)

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Ha Ha! You should see me at work! :)

jona004 wrote: TonyGas wrote:

you really are quite an irritating little man jona. i suggest you go and bash your bishop :)

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Ha Ha! You should see me at work! :)

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 You bash your bishop at work? Hmmm...

that last post to jona relates to an extemely funny post he sent on another topic Etienne. have a look at "chess related jokes". its rather comedic thread riddled with funny contributions by slightly mad people from around the world.

If a slice of toast is rolled so that the buttered side is on the inside of the tube, and the ends sealed, does the universe take the space in that tube, move it through the fourth dimension, and deposit the butter on the outside so it can follow Murphy's law? Or does something much stranger happen?

Well, if you had hold of the buttered bread, with both hands and the buttered side was facing upwards and you dropped it, it would more than lightly land butter side up. But I say the cat would land on it's feet as they are very nimble.

If it were a black cat and you were walking by as this experiment was taking place, maybe it would be lucky if the cat landed on your head. Or maybe its all bollocks!