Shrove Tuesday is a day of penitence, reflection and cleansing of the soul.....celebrated by guzzling container loads of greasy, fatty pancakes…

Before they’re eaten they have to be cooked and according to this website the art of the perfect pancake toss has been quantified. In order to get the pancake back in the pan the angular velocity of the object equals the square root of Pi, times the gravity divided by the distance the pancake is from the elbow times four.

Admittedly, it’s all a bit complex but before you dismiss the science of the toss remember the other option will more than likely involve you scrubbing pancake batter off your ceiling for months to come….