The laws of Murphy

[Landshark]

If, your cat always lands on it's feet..............You're not throwing it right!

 

[nikon_sam]

One of the biggest factors in all this (a factor I have yet to see) is...Does the cat know what's going on???
The cat/cats can have no clue as to what you're doing "Feet vs. Buttered Toast"...
If, and this is a big if, the cat knows he/she could allow the toast to hit first and really screw with you...

 

[tlitody]

Another major factor in the equation is whether the cat has used up all its lives. This could have a significant effect on the result but I'm liking the anti-gravity field. I postulate that the cat and toast will accelerate into an ever faster spin which will generate the anti-gravity field but what happens then I'm not sure. I guess the cat and toast will go quantum. Unfortunately I don't know quite what that means.

 

[mike-s]

One of the biggest factors in all this (a factor I have yet to see) is...Does the cat know what's going on???
The cat/cats can have no clue as to what you're doing "Feet vs. Buttered Toast"...
If, and this is a big if, the cat knows he/she could allow the toast to hit first and really screw with you...

Schrodinger would be proud of you!

 

[biomed]

DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! While attempting to attach a piece of buttered toast to the back of a cat I was severely bitten and clawed, thus validating Murphy's Law. 😀

Mike Murphy

 

[tlitody]

As usual, the Japanese have been using this technology for years:

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MOG-LEV TRAIN

I've got it, the answer is Paddington!

 

[tlitody]

I was, in fact, postulating an antigravity cat as opposed to a simple transitory equilibrium ... by the way, if the cat's called Marmalade one needs to introduce the conserve variable.

Yes it's a pithy problem which has been giving me the pip but see my previous post..

 

[crawdiddy]

if it were Schrödinger's cat then, obviously, it would land both on it's feet and on it's back at the same time .... well, as long as no one's looking that is, well, unless whoever is looking is in a box so that no one can see if he's looking or not .... well, ...

Well, what if Schrödinger's cat ended up in the same box with Pavlov's dog? And let's say it was no ordinary box, but in fact a Skinner box. With a pigeon inside. Would the pigeon eat the bread before the cat ate the pigeon and the dog ate....oh never mind.

 

[Pfreddee]

McGillicudy's Commentary on Murphy's Law:

Murphy was an optimist.

With best regards,

Pfreddee(Stephen)

 

[pagpow]

Been walking around Manhattan pondering this issue. All the skyscrapers led to an epiphany --- could it be that if the distance to the ground is high enough, on impact, the cat will BE toast!!!
.......
an identity transformation.

 

[tlitody]

Been walking around Manhattan pondering this issue. All the skyscrapers led to an epiphany --- could it be that if the distance to the ground is high enough, on impact, the cat will BE toast!!!
.......
an identity transformation.

LOL...

Could be it would be a good example of a dead cat bounce in Wall St.

 

[charjohncarter]

Murphy's law was not random, it was based on science (some social science and the most important part on real science). But the real question is: can you photograph a black cat on a light surface in Mexico? So look up Murphy's Law and then post a black cat.

 

[Chris101]

I have no idea regarding the original question. I'm still laughing at the shih tzu joke from the other thread, which I just got.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Schrodinger would be proud of you!

Or kill you like a cat in a box....maybe 😀

 

[MartinP]

I've got it, the answer is Paddington!

Ehhhhhh? Mornington Crescent surely ?