Howdy, all.
No Lotus Content. No serious content whatsoever, in fact. :-)
> Question:
> If you drop a buttered piece of bread, it will always drop butter
> side down. But when you drop a cat, it will always land on its feet.
> What would happen if you took a piece of buttered bread, strapped it
> on the back of a cat (butter side up) and dropped both?
> Answer:
> Even if you are too lazy to do the experiment yourself you should be
> able to deduce the obvious result. The laws of butterology demand
> that the butter must hit the ground, and the equally strict laws of
> feline aerodynamics demand that the cat cannot land on its back.If
> the combined construct were to land, nature would have no way to
> resolve this paradox. Therefore it simply does not fall.
> That's right! You have discovered the secret of antigravity! A
> buttered cat will, when released, quickly move to a height where the
> forces of cat-twisting and butter repulsion are in equilibrium. This
> equilibrium point can be modified by scraping off some of the butter
> - providing lift - or removing some of the cat's limbs, allowing
> descent.
> Most of the civilized species of the Universe already use this
> principle to drive their ships within planetary systems. The loud
> humming heard by most sighters of UFOs is, in fact, the purring of
> several hundred cats. The one obvious danger, of course, arises if
> the cats manage to eat the bread off their backs. In this case they
> will instantly plummet.
> Naturally the cats will land on their feet but this generally doesn't
> do them much good, since right after they make their landing several
> tons of red-hot starship and irritated aliens will crash on top of
> them.
Regards,
Erik Berg
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