Why does the toats always land butter side down?

Question

Why does the toats always land butter side down?

Answer 1

boscombe almost has it right. It's because of the height it falls in relation to the size of the slice of bread.

It rotates while falling (complicated physics) but only has time to turn half a rotation before it hits the floor, so because it's on the table or whatever butter-side-up, it will land butter side down.

If your table or worktop was twice as high, it would have time to turn all the way round and land butter side up.

But if a cat always lands on its feet and toast always lands butter side down, what would happen it you strapped some toast butter-side-up to a cat's back?

Answer 2

Because the buttered side weighs more than the un-buttered side so naturally falls first.

Answer 3

It doesnt, but we only notice it wen it does! If it lands dry side down we just pick it up, give it a basic once over blow and eat it. But if its butter side down, whole different ball game. Its not gravity against u, just how much more noticable dirt/fluff/pubes etc are on a yellow sticky surface. lol

Answer 4

The weight of the butter.

Answer 5

Toast normally lands butter side down when falling off a table because the leading edge tilts down first, and it normally only has time to "flip" once.  From a higher height, the toast is more likely to land butter side down ONLY if you really press into the bread, creating a concave surface when buttering.  If both sides are equal,  your odds of hitting butter side down is roughly 50 percent.

Answer 6

Same reason why cats land on their feet - the Gods have decreed it so...

Interesting fact - if you tie a piece of toast buttered side up to a cat's back, and drop it, it will hover, as neither can land that way...

Answer 7

Toats??? what is that?? never heard of it....sorry can't help.

Answer 8

It's just the way you are holding it when you let it go.

If you were to hold it butter side down it would probably land the right way up.

Answer 9

Because the buttered side is heavier. Its really not that hard to figure out.

Answer 10

I could say that it's because you have buttered the wrong side of the bread but there is a good scientific reason for it.  Any falling object will tumble in free-fall and the number of rotations is dependent upon the height of the fall and the size and weight characteristics of the object.  A slice of bread and the height of a table are pretty well standardized wherever you find them and it just so happens that a slice of bread will tumble one and a half times before hitting the floor-ie buttered side down.

Answer 11

but it doesn't.. not always..most of the time yes.

Answer 12

its been proved that it doesnt

Answer 13

sods law

Answer 14

Murphy's Law Baby ;)

Answer 15

This is natures way of pissing you off.

Answer 16

ummm so toast always lands butter side down, and as Jo* says cats always land on their feet.  so...... if you strap a piece of bread butter side up to a cats back and drop it out of the window will it ever hit the ground? (not that I am condoning dropping cats from windows)

Answer 17

I saw this on MythBusters.  It doesn't matter, it'll land on either side.

Answer 18

I dunno, u tell me.  And it's spelt TOAST.

Answer 19

Cause the side you put anything on will always be heavier then the side with nothing!

Answer 20

Chances are you spread the butter on the bread UNEVENLY, and this causes the bread to rotate in the air as it is falling, ie turn over with wind resistance being unequal- and then the butter side eventually aims down; whic is only fitting because yes the butter is heavier and gravity pulls on it more than it does on the dried out, fluffy bread, so it remains falling butter side down... *splat*

Answer 21

same as why does a cat always land on its feet

Answer 22

WHAT A STUPID QUESTION (ONLY COMMON SENCE )

Answer 23

due to gravity things fall downwards... even in Manchester..

Answer 24

Try adding jam..It lands the right way up! Honest!

Answer 25

I think you will find that it doesnt always land butter side down.  It is in fact 50/50 its probably that on the ocassions that you have dropped toast it has landed butter down - you havent done it enough times to test the theory.

Answer 26

it is a toast conspiracy, if it fell buttered side up, u would pick it up and eat it because u can not see the dirt, but because u can see the dirt on the butter u will not eat it.  And thus the toast lives another day.

Answer 27

this is lifes way of laughing in your face

Answer 28

i went to dine out and my toats kept falling, and they landed butter side down like half the time, it was craxy

Answer 29

ive never thrown a toats to find out so i cant help you mate

Answer 30

Don't know, never even seen a toats or dropped one for that matter!!

Kidding - just think it is sod's law!

Answer 31

simple really - the buttered side weighs slightly more than the unbuttered.