Seven Truffula Trees

[whichwayyoulean]

[Hephaestus Cabin Folks]

Hey guys? Let's never do drunk science again. That hangover really wasn't worth it and I'm pretty sure we were only a few steps away from doing something potentially evil. And my evil laugh really isn't good enough to be playing in even the minor leagues of evilness.

Also does anyone remember what happened to the guitar I made there? I remember deciding it needed to go on some robot, and someone else said it was a better idea to use on a Doom Vacuum? Did we even make that in the end?

[Yuan]
[No words in the journal for him, the Once-ler DID make good on his word to Martel. Yuan, you will have a car through your door today with crappy pieces of bead and macaroni art on the front, showing a blue-haired guy dancing. He has a cane and a top hat. On opening the card, a very inappropriate tune sounds. Inside are the simple words 'CONGRATULATIONS ON NOT BEING DEAD'

You're welcome]
[/Filters]


[The Once-ler is bored. This is never a good thing. Normally at this point, he'd make up an inane, pointless song with almost no tune or anything near decent lyrics. But not today, oh no. Today he has been thinking. And now he's going to share with you. Dictated in the most meandering tones imaginable.]

You know how a piece of buttered toast always lands buttered side down? It's really annoying because you can't eat it after that, not even if you use the three second rule because the butter has picked up whatever gross stuff is on the floor so you end up with buttered toast, with extra lint and maybe a dead bug. ...Ew.

ANYWAY. That got me thinking, cats. Not that you get cats attached to your buttered toast because that's just weird. But they always land on their feet, right? They do that weird spine-bending thing and just land perfectly.

So. If you strapped a piece of toast on the back of a cat, butter side up, and just...dropped it. What would happen?

[Yes, this is what he has dedicated his evening to]

Comments

[wilder]

[...............]

[Okay so he's been avoiding social interaction, but this was so absurd he speaks before really thinking]

You'd have a pissed off cat, that's what.

[whichwayyoulean]

[Oh hey it's you! And you're not dead. He understand the wanting to be alone thing, so he won't bring that up. See what a GOOD FRIEND he is?]

And probably the need to get a tetanus injection. But still, it could have interesting effects.

[zeke_developer]

Y'know, there's a paradox there, I think. Like...an anti-gravity cat or something.

[Now you've got him thinking about that. Maybe seeing if he can borrow someone's cat for an experiment in anti-gravity.]

[wilder]

[HE IS]

I dunno...I think the cat would still land on it's feet with just a slice of bread on it.

[whichwayyoulean]

Or you could end up with a hover-cat.

[whichwayyoulean]

[This is why he likes you, Huey. You GET this]

Exactly. And with that in mind, well hey a few calculations and you could make a mode of transport that just hovers in the air. Self-sustaining power. [LOOK LORAX IT'S GOOD TO THE ENVIRONMENT]

[wilder]

What?

Toast cannot make you hover, Once-ler.

[heal_theworld]

...I'm pretty sure the cat would land on its feet. Or you would kill it. Why would you even be so mean to a cat like that?

[zeke_developer]

Of course, that's entirely assuming that you could interpret an old wive's tale based on the law of averages as a scientific law to be exploited. Still...hmm....do you know anyone with a cat?

[Yes, he is suggesting what you think he is.]

[pierrotism]

[you know most nerds might think you're being stupid and ignore this but...]

Hmmm... Toast probably lands buttered side down because that side weighs more thanks to the butter. I don't know what the deal with cats is, but I bet the cat's weight can overcome that of the toast, so it can do its thing and land on its feet without worry.

[whichwayyoulean]

Are you sure? Have you ever strapped toast to a cat to find out?

[wilder]

Hmmmmm....no I don't think I have.

dictated;

[3_butterflies]

You shouldn't drop kitties!

[clearly the big issue here]

[whichwayyoulean]

And you have to factor in the supposed magic of the magical castle.

Nope, well, maybe? I usually don't ask people if they own a cat when I meet them..

[Aww yeah SCIENCE!]

[whichwayyoulean]

What? No. I wasn't being mean to the cat! It's not like I'd...drop it off a tall building or anything.

[whichwayyoulean]

[He has the BEST nerd buddies]

But the laws of fate say the toast has to land butter side down, right?

forever!

[whichwayyoulean]

But they land on their feet! That's the point. And I wouldn't drop it from anything high.

[You people worrying over the cat when there's SCIENCE to be done, god :/]

[whichwayyoulean]

Then there you go. It's an unsolved mystery.

[wilder]

...Once-ler, leave the cats alone.

[3_butterflies]

It's not nice, and they don't like it! You wouldn't like being dropped.

[ino]

... Seriously? [LMFAO] You are really bored.

[heal_theworld]

Well, then where would you drop it from?

dictated 4ever!!

[amiable]

Dami still doesn't land on his four feet...

[whichwayyoulean]

I'm not going to hurt the cats. At worse, they'll get a little butter on them.

[whichwayyoulean]

A cabinet? Or something.