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The paradox arises when one considers what would happen if one attached a piece of buttered toast (butter side up) to the back of a cat, then dropped the cat from a large height. The buttered cat paradox, submitted by artist John Frazee of Kingston, New York, won a 1993 Omni magazine competition about paradoxes. [1] [2] The basic premise ...
The buttered toast phenomenon is an observation that buttered toast tends to land butter-side down after it falls. It is used as an idiom representing pessimistic outlooks. [ 1 ] Various people have attempted to determine whether there is an actual tendency for bread to fall in this fashion, with varying results.
Buttered cat paradox; L. The Lady, or the Tiger? R. Ray cat; S. Schrödinger's cat This page was last edited on 2 April 2024, at 02:03 (UTC). Text is available under ...
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Buttered cat paradox: Humorous example of a paradox from contradicting proverbs. Intentionally blank page: Many documents contain pages on which the text "This page intentionally left blank" is printed, thereby making the page not blank. Metabasis paradox: Conflicting definitions of what is the best kind of tragedy in Aristotle's Poetics.
Image credits: sillyanimalspost The endless debate of cats versus dogs also extends to memes. It might seem like the internet loves crazy cats and funny dogs equally, but there actually is a clear ...
Jason, the guy who asked Cady if her muffin was buttered in 'Mean Girls,' is super grown up now. Casey Waslasky. Updated October 3, 2016 at 10:23 AM. Top 10 Greatest Teen Movies
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