MURPHY’S LAW STATES that, “The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.” Others simply say, “A slice of buttered bread, when dropped, will always land butter-side down.” Additionally, it is widely known that if a cat falls, from almost any distance, it will land on its feet. Monsieur Poussin of Provence, France has taken these two of the most commonly-held laws of physics to a whole new level.
According to Wikipedia, a font of knowledge recently noted for its “accuracy” :
“Laws” can occasionally be found to lead to a paradox, or which have positive outcomes; for example: when a cat is dropped from above a certain height, it will always land on its feet. In almost a canonical example of the hackish love for wordplay and cultural in-jokes, it has been noted that, therefore, if you strap a piece of buttered toast to the back of a cat, butter side up, and drop the cat out a window, it will fall to approximately a foot above the street, and hover there, spinning.
Until now, the problem of feline levitation has only been a theory of aerodynamics. Even David Blaine, one who has supposedly mastered levitation himself, has not tried this himself. Monsieur Poussin, however, has recently used the funds acquired from his feature in a famous set of cat calendars and books to research in order to turn this amazing theory into a reality.
To prepare for the event, Monsieur Poussin (Which means “Mister Chick” in French) acquired safety equipment previously available only to feline stunt doubles in movies and cat food commercials. His hired assistants then buttered several pieces of bread and strapped them to his back using several meters of high quality cord that is guaranteed not to break and also not to drop the bread off the cat’s back. Finally, the orange tabby purchased fourteen square meters of wool carpeting, which is valued at approximately 65 euros per square meter and is classified as the most expensive type of carpeting. The carpeting was then draped over a massive trampoline designed to cushion the fall, should the test fail.
Monsieur Poussin and his team of assistants as well as hundreds of onlookers then held their breath as the cat jumped out of the window in the 13th floor of his apartment. As expected, the cat began to spin and hover at approximately 30 centimeters above the ground. He continued to do this for several minutes before he began to vomit as a result of the rapid shifting in gravitational pull, at which time his assistants caught him and removed the equipment and placed him on the ground.
The cat is now being checked out by veterinarians at the local animal hospital, but authorities state that he is expected to receive a clean bill of health.
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