Murphy's other laws.

[Okrafarmer]

I think we all know about Murphy and his law. "If anything can go wrong, it will." Well, I'd like to think that was only Murphy's most famous law. Here's what this post is about: That law by Murphy has to have been his first.

(btw, here is Wikipedia's entry about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_law )

 So we are going to list all his laws, starting at the beginning. I will list as many as I can think of. Number them as they go, picking off where the last person left off!

1. If anything can go wrong, it will.
2. The skidder only breaks down if you're three miles back in the woods.
3. The trick always works every time except when you're demonstrating it.
4. The surest way to ensure you won't need something is to take it with you.
5. If you decide to leave something behind, you will surely need it.
6. You never end up with any use for that thing you've kept for twenty years until four days after you irretrievably throw or give it away.
7. You can go for ten miles at night without meeting anyone coming the other way, until three seconds after you decide to put your bright headlights up.
8. If a machine can "get" you, it will.
9. If you're going somewhere and forget to take something, it will always be that one thing without which it is impossible to do what you went for.
10. The cop never stops you for going 5 over the speed limit except the one time you forgot and left your wallet at home.
11. A falling tree gravitates toward the most expensive object in its circumference.
12. All knives, watches, sunglasses, and cell phones will be lost or destroyed before they can be worn out.
13. The cat never throws  up on the rug unless you have company over.
Your turn. . . .

[sprucebunny]

14, If there is a defective part on the shelf, it will be the one I take home.

[jdtuttle]

15. If you want to hit metal: Put a new band on
jim

[Okrafarmer]

16. It won't rain unless you leave the windows down on your vehicle. Then it will pour two inches before you can get to it and close them.

[JohnG28]

17. The week you take off for vacation is the worst week of the summer.

[scgargoyle]

18) When both of your hands are covered in nasty grease/oil/gunk, you will have an itch.

[John Bartley]

The first corollary to Murphy's law : Murphy was a raving optimist....

[pineywoods]

The NASA addendum to murphy's law..anything that can go wrong will, and it will happen at the worst possible time..

[Okrafarmer]

19. The phone only rings at the worst possible time. (ie,  see #18.)

[PC-Urban-Sawyer]

20. Herb Collary: If you have a 50/50 chance of getting it right, 90% of the time you'll get it wrong...

[John Mc]

The first corollary to Murphy's law : Murphy was a raving optimist....

I had heard that one as:

O'Toole's Observation: Murphy was an optimist

[Jeff]

21.  If you get a windfall of cash from somewhere, this will cause either the refrigerator, washing machine or your vehicle to break or need to be replaced for at least an equal or greater amount of money.

[BBK]

Murphy's ultimate corolary.

Whenever time, money, effort and expertise has been exhausted toward the solution of a particular problem, and the result has been complete failure, the actual solution will be immediately obvious to the first unqualified person who happens along.   

[SPIKER]

Fish only bite two days a week, the day before I go fishing and the day after!

if it aint broke dont fix it, if it is broke your too late to fix it right.
(which goes with) There is not enough time or money to fix it right but there is time/money later to fix it again and again and again....


Mark

[Okrafarmer]

Murphy's ultimate corolary.

22.Whenever time, money, effort and expertise has been exhausted toward the solution of a particular problem, and the result has been complete failure, the actual solution will be immediately obvious to the first unqualified person who happens along.   

[Okrafarmer]

23. Fish only bite two days a week, the day before I go fishing and the day after!

24. if it aint broke dont fix it, if it is broke your too late to fix it right.
(which goes with)
25. There is not enough time or money to fix it right but there is time/money later to fix it again and again and again....


Mark

[Okrafarmer]

26. As soon as you buy a new computer, it was obsolete the week before.

[doctorb]

27.  The first major repair of any piece of equipment is always within ten days of paying the final installment on the loan you used to purchase it.

Doctorb

[John Mc]

27.  The first major repair of any piece of equipment is always within ten days of paying the final installment on the loan you used to purchase it.

or a week after the warranty ran out.

[Okrafarmer]

27.  The first major repair of any piece of equipment is always within ten days of paying the final installment on the loan you used to purchase it.

or a week after the warranty ran out.

Yes.