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question from DAVE BENSON-PHILLIPS

Considering toast always falls butter side down and cats always land on their feet,what would happen if you butter a cat?

Such an experiment was performed by Sir Roger Daltry, on Horaldo the Balinese kitten, who he successfully rescued from Linda Barker’s abattoir after a dawn raid by Napoleon’s ghost.

An impressive collection of scientific luminaries were assembled by Sir Rog, who where literally aghast to see that the cat bobbed up and down approximately 1.4 metres in the air while on its side. A look of profound confusion appeared on the little cat’s furry face, and several human tears were shed.

This question was asked on 16 March 2006 and answered 1 month later on 30 April 2006.