Why DOES the toast always land butter side down? Is there some sort of scientific answer for this? I wanna know.
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Butter is magnetic.
But not just towards metal, it will turn itself towards your bench top as it is attracted to it. Thats why it attracts all the Butter Elfs, as its like a magnet for them.
But not just towards metal, it will turn itself towards your bench top as it is attracted to it. Thats why it attracts all the Butter Elfs, as its like a magnet for them.
It's because the buttered side is heavier than the un-buttered, and gravity favors the heavier..? I'm sure someone told me that was the answer..
The same way your freshly coated bagel will almost always land jelly side down, loosing almost all your jelly to the floor, aggravating your further, since you would have eaten the bagel anyway. It all has to do with the ratio of Spread(S) to Grain(G), and whether or not the result is positive (+Delicious) or negative (-Delicious)--
S/G=+D, then Down. If S/G=-D, then up.
if the spread divided by the grain is positive, it will land spread down. If the value is negative, it will land upright. Doesn't math suck sometimes?
S/G=+D, then Down. If S/G=-D, then up.
if the spread divided by the grain is positive, it will land spread down. If the value is negative, it will land upright. Doesn't math suck sometimes?
Because when you spread butter on toast, you apply force that basically 'dents' the bread, so when it falls it basically acts like a parachute...a rubbish parachute, but the principle is the same.
I believe there was an episode of Mythbusters on this.
Basically, the table/ counter (or whatever you butter your toast on) is only just tall enough for the toast to do half a rotation. So since you have the butter on the top of the toast when it falls of the table, making half a rotation as it falls, leaving the butter at the bottom, so it goes splat.
Results = your floor gets some breakfast and you have to clean its face.
Basically, the table/ counter (or whatever you butter your toast on) is only just tall enough for the toast to do half a rotation. So since you have the butter on the top of the toast when it falls of the table, making half a rotation as it falls, leaving the butter at the bottom, so it goes splat.
Results = your floor gets some breakfast and you have to clean its face.
1nsignia said:
Yea I agree with them, that seems like the most logical answer. Even though its probably wrong.Samuel Cook said:
Because it just does.
But think about this: Tie a piece of buttered toast to a cat and drop it out a window. Toast always lands butter side down, but cats always land on their feet. 0_0
But think about this: Tie a piece of buttered toast to a cat and drop it out a window. Toast always lands butter side down, but cats always land on their feet. 0_0
The butter, jam, cream cheese, changes the center of gravity on the toast. It isn't so much because one side is heavier, it's because as a whole object the center of gravity is out of balance. The resistance of air allows the out of balance center of gravity to tumble.
If you dropped buttered/jamed toast in a vacume, with no air resistance to affect the center of gravity by an opposing force it will land butter side down only if that is the position you released it in. You release it butter up, it will land butter up in a vacume.
If you dropped buttered/jamed toast in a vacume, with no air resistance to affect the center of gravity by an opposing force it will land butter side down only if that is the position you released it in. You release it butter up, it will land butter up in a vacume.
