Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for August 30, 2022

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I am guessing but wouldn’t the butter make that side of the bread heavier so that it pulls the butter side down?

But this raises the old question: what if a cat is attached to the unbuttered side? They always land on their feet.

Butter is sticky, so of course it lands on that side. Just like if you eat anything containing tomato sauce while wearing a white shirt—they attract each other. You’re doomed.

Murphys` law !

Enter the Yooks and Zooks.

Who is going to clean the butter off of the rug, Lucy?!

Did you try buttering the other side?

Didn’t the Mythbuster made an episode about that?

Experiment! Cover the back of a cat with butter, and toss him into the air! We might discover levitation!

Your mom’s not gonna be a big supporter of STEAM, Lucy.

There were some experiments; a simple piece of bread with butter will almost always land butter side down. Part 2 was finding out what would it take to land butter side up, if I remember correctly; enough force to push the bread and butter 3m from the table, with some spin, and it will land butter side up.

However, butterring both sides is a definite cheat.

That is directly dependent on the cost of the carpet and/or the cost of the carpet cleaning.

“I’ll call it ’Lucy’s Law’!”

Hmm, doesn’t have quite the right ring to it… ☺

It’s Murphy’s Law in action.

Are you doing your experiment at Violets house…your mother hopes?

This will be tested decades later. The results are the opposite.

That’s because you always butter the bottom of the bread.

This is because you have buttered it on the wrong side.

What if you butter both sides?

The buttered side sticks to just about everything.