2014-04-18 Jam side down — Science!
Apr18
on 2014-04-18
at 19:20
You must ask nanny, or the butler, to help you with step 2.
We were discussing how cats always fall on their feet, moved on to the well known anti-gravity device involving one cat and one jammy (or buttered) slice of bread, and somehow ended up here with very jammy fingers.
Mercy edit: This comic likely makes little sense to those unacquainted with the concept of the conservation of angular momentum. In fact, this comic likely makes little sense.
↓ Transcript
1. You will need 1 slice of bread, jam and a knife.
2. Cut the bread to make a triangle with two 45-degree angles.
3. Spread jam liberally on one side only.
4. Hold jam-side-up, about 1m [39 in.] above the floor...
5. ...and release.
6. Observe. We have demonstrated Momentum of Angular Conserve.
2. Cut the bread to make a triangle with two 45-degree angles.
3. Spread jam liberally on one side only.
4. Hold jam-side-up, about 1m [39 in.] above the floor...
5. ...and release.
6. Observe. We have demonstrated Momentum of Angular Conserve.
You are so naughty!
I know. But it’s nice to have it pointed out regularly.
In addition to providing endless amusement in re Momentum of Angular Conserve (being an ardent canner and science geek myself), this brings back memories of an “experiment” in 7th grade where we had to write explicit instructions on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Mine were so good, the teacher ended up rolling jars of PB and J using knives on white sandwich bread (but at least the bread was taken out of the package first). Definitely mixed emotions on that one.