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The_Prodiigy · Joined: 01 Apr 2006 Posts: 252

A recently-graduated student approached me during the ten-minute recess in the corridor.

His English name is Knuckle, and as he opened the conversation he pointed towards me, smiled and asked :

"If one piece of buttered toast was strapped to the back of a mongrel cat (ginger or allwhite) and the feline creature was dropped from a first floor balcony, which would land the right side up - Tiddles of the buttered side of the toast ?"

Neither I not Pete, the DOS were able to offer a definitive answer!

Anyone ?

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I think in the interest of Science we should do some experiments. There are enough felines in Istanbul for us to try it on a few thousand.

Golightly · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject:

It'd land cat side down from the first floor.
If it was from the seventh, it'd land butter side down.
That is a scientific fact.

mongrelcat · Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 232

HEY!

the actual answer is, the cat would eat the toast because he is starving

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

As we speak a dedicated team of researchers is working on a method of strapping the toast to the cat that will make it IMPOSSIBLE for the cat to eat the toast until AFTER the experiment.

FGT · Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 762 Location: Turkey

My cat, Ptolomy, must have anticipated this question and decided to conduct his own experiments. He jumped/fell from my third floor flat on no fewer than three occasions (I think his brother, Samson, may have pushed him) and always landed on his feet. He didn't have toast strapped to his back though, which perhaps may affect the aerodynamics and weight distribution causing a different result.

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

Ptolemy is a wonderful name for a cat!

I love other people's cat names...

Golightly · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:17 am Post subject:

I had a couple of cats: Their names were Microwave and B.ugger.

Golightly · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:17 am Post subject:

Someone has been taking these experiments a bit too far, I think. This one landed butter side down. Girl falls 100ft and survives

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

An ex-flatmate got a cat. I wanted to name it Cataturk.... I wasn't allowed.

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

I think you mentioned Cataturk once before-- also a great name, BTW-- and I told my husband about it and he got SO mad!

He wanted to name our son Mustafa Kemal which I wouldn't allow, but apprently the honor doesn't extend to pets.

FGT · Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 762 Location: Turkey

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

harry the hobbit · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:59 am Post subject:

Harry the hobbit has a pathological fear of cats ,in fact as he writes this post the hairs are standing up on the back of his neck because he is having to write the word cat .
On one of his many adventures he was confonted by an angry cat and actually attacked by it ,Harry can only conclude that it was merely protecting its brood and the hobbit had accidentily come too close . Although cornered by the spitting and howling beast the brave little hobbit was able to pull out his trusty .357 magnum and blow the squealing monster away into *beep* paradise .Ever since that fateful day he has had dreams of being attacked by swarms of cats and goes out armed accordingly with an AK 47 and a flame thrower .
So no more *beep* posts or the hobbit will relate more tales of *beep* pacification .