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Murphy's Law - any funny, serious, cynical input?

Survivorist

Black sheep of my family....
#1

Murphy's general laws
  • Nothing is as easy as it looks.
  • Everything takes longer than you think.
  • Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
  • If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. Corollary: If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen then.
  • If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
  • If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.
  • Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
  • If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
  • Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
  • Mother nature is a bitch.
  • It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
  • Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.
  • The Light at the end of the tunnel is only the light of an oncoming train.

For me, its true anything that can go wrong, it will. Does Murphy's law touch you? Maybe interesting to know. We could laugh, cry, be angry... tell your story.

As for me, reading this today (do not know why) I had to laugh tears - it's so true....
 

Mremptyinside

Well-Known Member
#3
My favorite is:

When one door closes, another one opens.

Unfortunately, it's usually the trapdoor we didn't realize we were standing on. ๐Ÿ˜‚
lol i love that one XD



Murphy's general laws
  • Nothing is as easy as it looks.
  • Everything takes longer than you think.
  • Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
  • If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. Corollary: If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen then.
  • If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
  • If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.
  • Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
  • If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
  • Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
  • Mother nature is a bitch.
  • It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
  • Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.
  • The Light at the end of the tunnel is only the light of an oncoming train.

For me, its true anything that can go wrong, it will. Does Murphy's law touch you? Maybe interesting to know. We could laugh, cry, be angry... tell your story.

As for me, reading this today (do not know why) I had to laugh tears - it's so true....

ha i can relate to this one XD happened often enough XD
 

BarryW

SF Supporter
#7
Did Murphy really make all those laws? The only one I had heard of before that was associated with him is "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. " Anyway, from the other ones you posted, I appreciate these the most:

  • If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
  • Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.
 

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