[Sca-cooks] Re: buttering cats

[Elaine Koogler]

Robert Downie wrote:

> Devra at aol.com wrote:
>
>>        I think that buttering the cat's paws is supposed to force 
>> them to sit and wash them off. This makes them feel cosy and by the 
>> time they are satisfied that they're clean, they (supposedly) have 
>> accepted their new home. Dunno 0 I don't let my cats outside, so the 
>> whole point is moot.
>>     Devra
>>
> One of the people I used to regularly see at lunch in my old job ws a 
> real card.  He once speculated on what would happen if you buttered 
> the back of a cat, then dropped it - would it still land on it's feet 
> or would the "bread always falls butter side down" rule apply?
>
> Faerisa - still alive, just busy
>
> P.S. yes, I know they "disproved" the buttered bread myth on 
> Mythbusters (but Istill  have issues with the way they conducted the 
> experiment).

Well, my lord and master, who is the ultimate authority on all things 
;-)  says that they rotate endlessly in mid-air.

Kiri