Buttered toast

[spudmuffa]

I am always miffed at when you drop a piece of buttered toast, it always lands butter-side down on the floor. Is there some scientific reason for this phenomenon?

[THECORBYLOON]

I'm sorry you are miffed when I drop buttered toast, I will use margarine instead...

[Bmw-Rider]

what ?

[scotchollie]

You can prevent this from happening.

Firstly remove the crusts. Uneven crusts cause turbulence in the descent, which destabilises the trajectory. This causes the toast to flip over to the side most destablilised.

Ensure that you butter the roughest side of the toast, not the smoothest.

Asuming that you neutralise the friction potential posed by the rough side with a layer of butter so that it's frictional capability is identical to the smooth side of the toast - AND assuming there is no crust based turbulence, the toast should fall in a uniform fashion.

By following this to the letter, each and every piece of toast will land on it's edge, preventing the transfer of butter to the floor.

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[vivandorron]

What's your job scotchollie.? What you have said is so impressive I feel you might be a governmental adviser.

A toast to you is warranted.

[wired]

The last time I dropped buttered toast my ever-helpful daughter offered to wash it!
If there is a scientific reason, will it stop you from dropping toast?
If all else fails, tell matron and she'll get it cleaned up, you clumsy toast dropper.

[scotchollie]

Vivandorron - I'm a photojournalist. Not a paparazzi - I do social documentary.

Thanks for the toast!

[vivandorron]

I've got the picture scotchollie. Thanks for info.

However, since posting my comments, I have been experimenting in the kitchen.

It is confirmed that 'normally'cooked toast will land on the floor buttered side down for the reasons no doubt you have given.

Nevertheless, I have discovered that, if bread is toasted under the Grill, instead of using a Toaster, and the lesser browned side is buttered, it will land buttered side up.

A question now arises; has this something to do with a possible weight increase because of higher carbon deposits.?

Anyway, I'm knocking-off any more experiments for fear of allegations being made that I am increasing carbon into the atmosphere; and I am conscious that bread is costing me bread.!!

Best wishes all.........Ron Researcher.

[philandlil]

If it landed butter-side up would you still eat it?

[spudmuffa]

I would eat it butter-side down anyway. Waste not, want not.

[wired]

Ron researcher, have your experiments increased your carbon footprint ?

[country_boy]

http://www.flippyscatpage.com/butteredcat.html

[vivandorron]

Wired, I think so but this morning resulted in more than a footprint .

Breakfast is always in the kitchen at the bar (other meals on laps in lounge;) No more than a buttered round of toast with a topping of marmalade, pea-nut butter or even blue cheese.

This morning, I must have cut one slice of bread thinner than the other. Consequently, the electric toaster was unbalanced and a piece of toast shot up into the air. I tried to catch it before it landed in the open butter carton but, in doing so, struck my wife and knocked her off balance . She and the kitchen stool ended up on the floor with a broken leg.( The stool not Viv.) Viv had tried to save herself by grabbing the radiator which came away from the wall and as she was pouring milk into her cup at the time was drenched by the liquid; some of which must have gone into the toaster which no longer works.

At the time, a neighbour's cat was slurping milk in our kitchen and, startled by the commotion, shot off towards the open door when I was going to the aid of my dear wife. I fell over the cat and landed on top of Viv at the time the milkman was arriving. He was startled by the cat's departure and dropped a bottle.

Milkman cut his hand whist picking up broken glass and, when rendering him first aid, he enquired the reason we were on the floor; asking if us O.A.Ps had had a special vitaminised breakfast cereal.

There are also the facts that our neighbour has not seen her cat since 7.30 this morning and, like spudmuffa who doesn't waste food, I ate the piece of toast which had remained in the hot toaster. Unfortunately, the bread had gone rock hard and I dislodged a tooth crown when my Dentist is on holiday.

Toast is now off the menu and I agree with Tonyted who suggested that thing are sometimes devoid of any logical explanation.

Forgive me if I say, "Sod it" (It's within the law I think.) Truthfully

[wagonhead]

all i can think of is the toast is heavier on the buttered side