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johnsoninca		2011-12-14 12:39:15 PM

The Zooks were right!

Barfmaker		2011-12-14 01:00:51 PM

Diogenes		2011-12-14 01:15:28 PM

If we're to believe the movie Devil, well, the Devil.

DannyJunior		2011-12-14 01:17:11 PM

Barfmaker: [images2.wikia.nocookie.net image 269x466]

Thread over, everybody out.

namegoeshere		2011-12-14 01:38:26 PM

Is there really an epidemic of toast dropping going on? Why can't you people keep a simple piece of toasted bread from falling on the floor?

zippolight2002		2011-12-14 01:50:50 PM

Barfmaker: [images2.wikia.nocookie.net image 269x466]

Came for cat/buttered toast gif. Leaving satisfied...and hungry.

BravadoGT		2011-12-14 02:16:16 PM

Buttered side is heavier?

/DNRTFA

SoothinglyDeranged		2011-12-14 03:17:50 PM

Density.

yogaFLAME		2011-12-14 04:24:28 PM

What if you tape two cats to each other?

Madaynun		2011-12-14 04:26:13 PM

Kari's toast always lands Butter side up.

ABQGOD		2011-12-14 04:26:13 PM

yogaFLAME: What if you tape two cats to each other?

You are scarred for life.

wildcardjack		2011-12-14 04:26:46 PM

Newton's Apple did this before the intarwebs were useful.

Conclusion: Use smaller bread, which can flip twice. Or double the height of your counter top.

dcrowell		2011-12-14 04:27:00 PM

yogaFLAME: What if you tape two cats to each other?

You'll get injured trying that.

texdent		2011-12-14 04:27:15 PM

Didn't they test this on Mythbusters?

angstycoder		2011-12-14 04:29:21 PM

texdent: Didn't they test this on Mythbusters?

Yup, though this one had some more variations it seems.

macross87		2011-12-14 04:29:35 PM

texdent: Didn't they test this on Mythbusters?

And by Alton Brown?

/I thought

Super Chronic		2011-12-14 04:30:12 PM

namegoeshere: Is there really an epidemic of toast dropping going on? Why can't you people keep a simple piece of toasted bread from falling on the floor?

Next study: human hand-eye coordination in the morning before finishing the first cup of coffee.

Rufus Lee King		2011-12-14 04:31:21 PM

yogaFLAME: What if you tape two cats to each other?

Perpetual motion machine!

mekkab		2011-12-14 04:32:41 PM

FTFA: it generally does so at a speed that lets the leading edge of the toast feel the unsupported pull of gravity longer

So wait... Buttered toast FEELS now?! I gotta be nice to it?!

/buttered Newton spinning in his grave...

L33t Squirrel		2011-12-14 04:33:08 PM

That's why I butter my toast on BOTH sides, so that way it just hovers if I ever drop it.

/oh dear, I sound fat

mekkab		2011-12-14 04:33:18 PM

Rufus Lee King: yogaFLAME: What if you tape two cats to each other?

Perpetual ~~motion~~ bleedingmachine!

FTFmyself

/bad kitties!

A Fark Handle		2011-12-14 04:33:54 PM

rotational force, gravity, and the height of tables and countertops (which is related to average height)

/can someone film the two cats taped together trials?

Launch Code		2011-12-14 04:34:27 PM

I'm not convinced. Round up another 21,000 kids and this time use cream cheese on bagels.

MmmBadEggs		2011-12-14 04:34:28 PM

covered it. Great book, by the way.

pute kisses like a man		2011-12-14 04:37:18 PM

yogaFLAME: What if you tape two cats to each other?

this reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw one day.

It read: "A child is never wrong"

/ what if two children disagree?!!?!?!?!?!!??
// ! (logic symbol for trouble, a & -a, flying pigs)

Bruxellensis		2011-12-14 04:37:19 PM

Center of gravity

tricycleracer		2011-12-14 04:40:15 PM

pute kisses like a man: It read: "A child is never wrong"

Absolute statements are never right.

SpikeStrip		2011-12-14 04:41:28 PM

put a clothespin on a cat's tail. hours of fun.

some_beer_drinker		2011-12-14 04:41:51 PM

dont eat toast.

jdredd		2011-12-14 04:43:42 PM

this is why i butter both sides of the bread..if i drop it, i still got 1 good buttery side.

Dinjiin		2011-12-14 04:47:09 PM

Was this guy part of the study?

mikecane2008.files.wordpress.com

pute kisses like a man		2011-12-14 04:48:44 PM

tricycleracer: pute kisses like a man: It read: "A child is never wrong"

Absolute statements are never right.

this sentence is a lie!

Uchiha_Cycliste		2011-12-14 04:49:47 PM

tricycleracer: pute kisses like a man: It read: "A child is never wrong"

Absolute statements are never right.

Everything in moderation.~

jake3988		2011-12-14 04:51:28 PM

texdent 2011-12-14 04:27:15 PM Didn't they test this on Mythbusters?
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Yeah, back in like... 2004 or 2005. Far as I can remember, it lands butter-side up marginally (that is, a tiny bit) more than butter-side down.

I could be wrong though.

imprimere		2011-12-14 04:52:20 PM

Just take a page from the priosoner's handbook; Don't drop the toast!

Daraymann		2011-12-14 04:52:40 PM

This is why I eat toast and butter separately.

jake3988		2011-12-14 04:53:40 PM

I was wrong. It actually was a 50-50 split when done objectively... when done off the side of the table it lands buttered-side DOWN slightly more.

/And yes, it was 2005.

rickcamp		2011-12-14 04:55:15 PM

It's also know as Karastan's Law, and is generally expressed as, "The likelihood of toast landing buttered-side up is inversely proportional to the cost of the rug."

fappomatic		2011-12-14 04:55:15 PM

yogaFLAME: What if you tape two cats to each other?

Four years suspended, 200 hours of community service and one year probation. Kicked out of your parents house. A $2800 cleaning bill and a new concrete driveway.

Don't ask.

Typical Right Wing Doosh		2011-12-14 04:56:09 PM

jake3988: it lands butter-side up marginally

what if you use margarine?

stevarooni		2011-12-14 04:58:25 PM

Thread's over, done in two.

Somaticasual		2011-12-14 05:01:06 PM

fappomatic: yogaFLAME: What if you tape two cats to each other?

Four years suspended, 200 hours of community service and one year probation. Kicked out of your parents house. A $2800 cleaning bill and a new concrete driveway.

Don't ask.

Now in fairness to the county, lions may pose a slightly different problem than your average housecat..

degenerate-afro		2011-12-14 05:03:51 PM

johnsoninca: The Zooks were right!

fingerhutart.com

/hot like the melted butter.

Nothing's obscure on Fark... not that you said it was obscure, but it appears that most people in this thread missed the reference.

Hand Banana		2011-12-14 05:05:25 PM

yogaFLAME: What if you tape two cats to each other?

When I was a stupid little kid I tied two cats' tails together with a piece of string. I soon found out that was a very bad idea as they were clearly going to kill each other, and I was afraid they would tear me to pieces of I tried to get it off of them. Finally crept up and got a cat under each knee and cut the string while they growled maniacally at each other.

/never did that again

Onkel Buck		2011-12-14 05:07:09 PM

The bread has to want to fall or change or something

max_pooper		2011-12-14 05:08:16 PM

Barfmaker: [images2.wikia.nocookie.net image 269x466]

jefffenwick.files.wordpress.com

What if the cat were to cling tenaciously to his buttocks as he was flying backwards? A rip in the space time continuum most likely.

Trance750		2011-12-14 05:11:46 PM

I can't believe nobody has made a Heywood Banks reference, yet

All around the country and coast to coast
People always say what do you like most
I don't wanna brag I don't wanna boast
I always tell them I like toast

Yeah Toast!
Yeah Toast!

I get up in the morning about 6 am
Have a little jelly have a little jam
Take a piece of bread put it in the slot
Push down the lever and the wires get hot I get toast

Yeah Toast!
Yeah Toast!

Now there's no secret to toasting perfection
There's a dial on the side and you make your selection
Push to the dark or the light and then
If it pops too soon press down again make toast

Yeah Toast!
Yeah Toast!

When the first cave man drove in from the dregs
Didn't know what would go with the bacon and the eggs
Must've been a genius got it in his head
Plug the toaster in the wall buy a bag of bread make toast

Yeah Toast!
Yeah Toast!

Oui monsieur bonjour coquette
Uh huh croissante vous et ver
Maurice Chevalier Eiffel Tower
Oui Marie baguette bon soir

French Toast!
French Toast!

Read more: http://artists.letssingit.com/heywood-banks-lyrics-toast-1dtjmkc#ixzz1 gY8ANw00
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Tax Boy		2011-12-14 05:11:46 PM

Meanwhile, in Norway

MBooda		2011-12-14 05:13:09 PM

Toast?

/ducks

Billygoat Gruff		2011-12-14 05:14:50 PM

Hand Banana: yogaFLAME: What if you tape two cats to each other?

When I was a stupid little kid I tied two cats' tails together with a piece of string. I soon found out that was a very bad idea as they were clearly going to kill each other, and I was afraid they would tear me to pieces of I tried to get it off of them. Finally crept up and got a cat under each knee and cut the string while they growled maniacally at each other.

/never did that again

My father told me about when he was a kid, back in the 1950's, that this other kid in his neighborhood tied two cats tails together and threw them over a clothesline. Use your imagination on how that turned out.

/I don't like cats but that was a shiatty Story Dad

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