Buttered Cat Paradox  September 15, 2008 - October 15, 2008

The buttered cat paradox is a joke paradox based on the tongue-in-cheek combination of two adages:
CATS ALWAYS LAND ON THEIR FEET.
BUTTERED TOAST ALWAYS LANDS BUTTERED SIDE DOWN.

The paradox arises when one considers what would happen if one attached a piece of buttered toast (butter side up) to the back of a cat, then dropped the cat from a large height.

For this contest write a poem exploring the potential implications of the cat and buttered toast paradox...BE CREATIVE AND HAVE FUN!

EXAMPLES: "why" you are tying a piece of buttered toast to the back of a cat, describe what happens at equilibrium, describe the event as the cat & toast are heading towards the ground, describe the ending, describe from the cat's point of view...ah heck, describe from the toast's point of view!

Clever Mortal
Perpetual Motion

Passion for Literature

southwestern, PA

2 Contestants
2 Submission
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Created Sep 11, 2008

• Any WritersCafe.org Member can Submit
• Only Poetry can be Submitted
• All Genres of Writing can be Submitted
• Each Contestant May Submit 1 Piece of Writing
• Writing may be submitted 9/15/2008 - 10/15/2008
• Winners will be decided by User Votes

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