The buttered cat paradox is a common joke based on the combination of two adages:
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. The buttered cat paradox, submitted by artist John Frazee of Kingston, New York, won a 1993 Omni magazine competition about paradoxes.[1][2] The basic premise, stating the conditions of the cat and bread and posed as a question, was presented in a routine by comic and juggler Michael Davis, appearing on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, July 22, 1988.[3]
- ^ Morris, Scot (July 1993). "I Have a Theory..." (PDF). Omni. Vol. 15, no. 9. p. 96.
- ^ Verley, Jason C. (November 2001). "Letters: More on Alternate Theories". APS News. 10 (10). American Physical Society. Archived from the original on 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
- ^ The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, July 22, 1988. Event occurs at 3:35. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22 – via YouTube.