Why Does Toast with Butter Always Land Butter-Side Down?

[Himal kharel]

why does side with butter always lands when a toast with butter on one side is thrown?

 

[Bill_K]

See http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~mfuhrer/course/spr02/AJP/AJP00038.pdf" by Bacon, Heald and James, which gives further references.

 

[256bits]

So if you tie a butter and jam( to increase the tendancy) piece of toast to the back of a cat that you then throw out a window, will the cat land on its feet or will the toast land with the buttered side down?

 

[Evo]

This topic has been done soooo many times.

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/File:Cat_toast_swirl.gif

Still cute though. (thank you 256bits for giving me the chance to post the antigravity cat again)