Peanuts by Charles Schulz for September 02, 1954
Transcript:
PLOP! Lucy tosses a sandwich on the floor. <br> <br> PLOP! She does it again. <br> <br> With the sandwich in hand, she approaches Violet with her hand raised. She declares, "I have discovered a SCIENTIFIC TRUTH.." Violet asks, "What is it, Lucy?"<br> <br> Lucy declares, "No matter how you drop a piece of bread 'n' butter, it always lands on the rug 'butter side down'!"<br> <br>
Great Pumpkin about 13 years ago
If one throws a buttered bread into the air, it will be pretty random, but if one carries bread on a plate at chest-level or if one accidentally knocks buttered bread of of the edge of a table, the bread only has time for half a revolution before hitting the ground, so this strip is true for real-world conditions of accidental bread-drops.
RuinQueenofOblivion almost 13 years ago
They disproved this one on MythBusters.
RoofDog about 12 years ago
All she did was provide empirical evidence that it doesn’t always land with the buttered side up.
yow4zip Premium Member over 10 years ago
Now it’s a rug and butter special.
Stormwyrm over 7 years ago
The probability of the bread landing with the butter side down is directly proportional to the value of the carpet.