Question Needs Answering

[BigBoo]

maybe the cat+toast would hover round erratically like trying to put N and N together on magnets

[Rappy]

Originally posted by RapFan@16 March 2004 - 15:38
did ya think about the distance and who releases the toast&cat and which is up and which is down

i mean when they release it becides how big is the cat the toast may land first if the cat is big

[BigBoo]

Originally posted by Spider_dude@16 March 2004 - 14:16
If toast always falls butter side down, and cats always land on their feet, what would happen if you strapped some toast to a cats back?

the whole discussion seems to be void, dropping the cat-toast was never mentioned

therefore i think the cat would just walk round looking stupid

[Rappy]

we discussed what would happen Mr. Boo so yes we mentioned it

[BigBoo]

SD never did mention it though

[Rappy]

If toast always falls butter side down, and cats always land on their feet, what would happen if you strapped some toast to a cats back?

See it was mentioned Mr. Boo

[uNz[i]]

Theres only one way to answer the question. EXHAUSTIVE TESTING.

I've thought a bit about this, and I figure we will need:

• 1 cat with an exceptionally good temperament. (Tranquillizers would adversly effect the cat's 'turning' performance, and a normal cat would prove to be a health hazard to the tester)
• 1 strap, for the purpose of attaching the toast to the cat.
• A good supply of buttered toast of varying thicknesses.
• A place of reasonable hieght from which to "launch" the cat/toast.
• A carpetted surface for a landing area.

I suggest that we get an impartial person of good repute to perform the tests and report back to us upon thier completion.

Theres a few other factors we should consider before starting the testing.

Should we conduct multiple altitude tests from a variety of elevations?
Just what would be a 'reasonable' hieght?
Should we perform differing carpet quality tests?
What about margarine?
Brown bread, white or multigrain?

[Rappy]

The variable should be

Distance the cat/toast is dropped

Amount of butter on the toast

Thickness of the toast

Type of toast

Type of butter


The cat satys the same

We should do 3 drops per varible.



Damn i feel like im in science class again :x

[Yogi]

Was it SpiderDude who proposed the anti-gravity device composed of a buttered slice of toast tied to the back of a cat? Since cats "always land on their feet" and toast "always lands buttered side down" the combination of the two could logically never reach the floor.



Report of experiment:
Hypothesis
See above.


Apparatus
One (1) English muffin half, lightly toasted (no standard bread was available at the time)
Strawberry jam, homemade by the experimenter's mother
String
One (1) cat; in this case a six-year-old spayed female, slightly overweight, named Gotterdammerung


Setup
Two small holes were cut in the English muffin half, each about 0.75 inches from the edge of the muffin, 180 degrees apart. After toasting, a length of string was threaded through the muffin, which was then spread with approximately one tablespoon of strawberry jam. (Aside: will the amount of jam determine the hovering height of the cat-muffin assembly?) The string was tied around the cat's waist, with the muffin arranged on the cat's back, strawberry jam side up.


Methodology
The cat will be dropped from about three feet above the floor. The initial trial will be done with the cat oriented sideways upon release, so as not to bias the results in either the catwards or muffinwards direction. Should the apparatus prove durable enough for repeated trials, additional starting orientations will be tried.


Observations
The cat seemed vaguely disturbed by the assembly process, although she did not attempt to escape (perhaps because she had not yet been fed her breakfast and was afraid she would miss it).
Because the string had been tied somewhat loosely (so as not to cut through the muffin or interfere with the cat's breathing), there was an unanticipated degree of muffin slippage, particularly as the cat twisted around during her descent.
The cat landed on her feet.
By the time of the cat's landing, the muffin had slipped around her body almost to her stomach.
After the cat landed, she sat down and started chewing at the string; this action brought the jam side of the muffin in contact with the floor.
Roommates tend to be displeased with patches of strawberry jam covered with cat hair in the center of the kitchen floor.


Discussion
Obviously the two physical laws involved in this experiment are far stronger than this experimenter had anticipated. A more sophisticated method of muffin affixation is needed before a reliable anti-gravity device can be produced. Unfortunately, the experimenter had to leave for work after cleaning up the mess, so no further experimentation was possible.


Conclusion
Two unbreakable laws, when set up in seeming opposition, will both be satisfied anyway. Further research into cat-muffin phenomena is desperately needed, pending the award of extremely large research grants (cash in small-denomination, unmarked bills preferred) and the assistance of nubile young laboratory assistants (ones who look like Marky-Mark would be ideal).


YoCat

[Rappy]

Cut wait english muffin isn't really bread so the experement isn't valid

Edit: Jam wouldn't work either remember it was butter that was in the original
problem