What Does “Landing Butter Side Up” Mean to you?

Here are some of the answers I’ve gotten from asking this question on twitter.

What does “landing butter side up mean to you”?

wharriman: maybe what looked like a sure disaster didn’t turn out so bad after all…or else you just dropped your bread..

steveofmaine: If you’re falling into a situation as it were, to position yourself as best you can to make the best of it?

incslinger: means you have cheap carpet

(I didn’t fully understand this so I asked for some elaboration…)

Yep, thats what my Mum used to say. If you had expensive carpet it would have landed butter side down - Sod’s law lol

DeenaEsq: To me, I’d have to go with “Yea! 5 second rule applies!” (Don’t tell my kids I said that though…LOL) (just don’t let them read my blog Deena)

NikiSherman: butter side up to me means that whatever happens in my life, something good is made from it

NextInstinct: “Landing butter side up” ? It means 5 second rule is in full effect! Enjoy the toast! {It means fall up

UrbanPanther:landing butter side up to me means that I was lucky because I didn’t end up with a sticky mess.Haven’t heard that in awhile!

rebeccashapiro: The toast flips and luckily lands butter side up avoiding a slippery floor

smlacy: “Oh good! My bread didn’t get cat fur all stuck in the butter! Alriiight. Lucky todayy.”

ReikiMoon: butter up? you can dust off & keep going, butter down, you’re screwed..ain’t no pickin’ dirt outta butter!