Amazing displays of ignoranceSandettie Light Vessel Automatic tells us: "My dad's friend told us there's no such thing as gravity - it's just the weight of air holding us down". Tell us of times you've been floored by abject stupidity. "Whenever I read the Daily Express" is not a valid answer.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 16:48)
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Remembered anotherWhen talking about chance and probability etc the subject of the buttered toast landing butter side down came up. One particularly dim colleague swore blind that it was true that it always landed butter side down no matter what height it was dropped from and how. I seized on this opportunity to back her up by saying it was like cats, they always land on their feet no matter what height the fall etc. She was delighted that there was further proof for her to rely on. Until I told her that it had been proven by strapping some buttered toast to the back of a cat and throwing it from a tree. The equilibrium meant the cat span round in mid air.
Her only comment was 'that sounds a bit cruel but I guess they had to prove it somehow'.
(, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 23:58, 6 replies)
tell her to watch mythbustersthey did the toast one years ago
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 19 Mar 2010, 0:13,
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Did you show her the imagefrom on here. "See, they filmed it as well"
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DavyBoyInGravyJoy Grey Goose Vodka on Ice, nothing finer, Fri 19 Mar 2010, 5:44,
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whats this off?I've heard this before
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WoganCloset or not Radio 2 listener
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No I don;t think I ever listened to Wogan on 2Is there some cartoon of it, like Gary Larson somewhere.
DEFINITELY have perused this concept before
Aha, its in wikipedia, so it must be right
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttered_cat_paradox
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What counts as "landing"?Cats always land on their feet. But the toast hasn't landed until it's on the ground. Since it's on the cat's back, and the cat's landed on its feet, the toast hasn't landed, yet.
Having successfully landed, the cat then takes the opportunity to roll onto its back, putting the toast on the ground, butter side down.
(, Sat 20 Mar 2010, 6:24, closed)
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