Why does toast always land butter side down when u drop it? dam it!!!?

Question

Why does toast always land butter side down when u drop it? dam it!!!?

Answer 1

Which brings up a point.

If toast always lands butter side down,

and if cats always land on their feet,

what would happen if you tied a piece of

buttered toast to a cat's back?

Would the cat and toast just float there?

Answer 2

Its sods law

Answer 3

because your just plain unlucky! lol =]

Answer 4

It's to do with the average height of tables and countertops and the number of rotations the toast goes through.  I saw a documentary about it arond 5 years ago.

Answer 5

That's toast for you

Answer 6

it doesnt

Answer 7

Because butter is heavier the side with butter is heavier. Being heavier it tends to fall faster and that force is turning the toast butterless side up.

Answer 8

Actually, on Mythbusters - they did that and it wasnt always true. i think that out of two loaves of bread, only a 3rd landed buttered-side down.

Answer 9

It has nothing to do with weight, it has everything to do with spin.

Most people will drop a piece of toast or bread from a height of between 4 and 6 feet. Also, when they drop it they will tend to add a spin to the bread. And of course most normal people carry buttered or jammy bread with the spread upright.

As the bread product falls and spins it only has time to make a 180 degree revolution meaning that it invariably falls spread side down.

To prevent this carry your bread and toast with the spread side down.

Answer 10

Because it's toast.

Answer 11

my toast only lands butter side down 50% of the time when i dine out

Answer 12

so all the fluff and c**p can cling on.

Answer 13

I know!! I believe it's because that side is heavier so gravity automatically flips it over? maybe? Oh but there was this one time where I dropped my toast and it didn't land butter side down I was amazed!! Literally!

Answer 14

haha!! ya couldnt hav put it any betta!

Answer 15

That's called Murphy's Law.

Answer 16

Murphy's law

Answer 17

bad luck?

Answer 18

heavy things fall faster than lighter things....the buttered side is heavier...

Answer 19

its the height of your bench top. its perfect for half a turn. try dropping it from higher or lower and it wont happen. god how did i know that, i must be old now

Answer 20

I think its because the buttered side is heavier ?

Answer 21

it doesn't always

Answer 22

I have wondered this for years and also if you drop the lid of the butter, it always lands butter side down.