When dropped, why does toast always seem to land butter side down on the floor?

portgleep

Because the side with the butter is heavier. Aug 31 10, 3:10 PM

Baloo55th

Because that's when you notice it. If it lands toast side down (on a reasonably clean floor and with a deadline for the train/taxi/school run/whatever, you just give it a quick rub (which does no good at all) and eat it - and forget it. Butter side down - you go without your toast, in a bad mood - and remember it. Aug 31 10, 3:42 PM

evil44

The weight of the one side has nothing to do with it. When pushed off a table, the standard fall pattern is to flip over 180° before landing, whether the toast is buttered or not. When dropped from heights in excess of 10 feet (3 meters), an unbuttered toast has about a 54% chance of landing up (out of 48 samples, this is not statistically biased one way of the other). With a buttered peice of toast, it landed butter side down only 40% of the time, which out of 48 samples is statistically significant. Therefore, the conclusion is that the buttering process actually creates a concave side in the toast, and much like a sky diver who arches his/her back to get "face to earth", the toast has a tendency to land butter side up. http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2005/03/episode_28_toy_cars_vs_real_ca.html Aug 31 10, 3:55 PM