Murphy's Law

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  • Murphy's law:
    • If it can go wrong, it will go wrong.
  • Corollary:
If it can go wrong, it will go wrong at the worst possible time.
  • Exception:
Murphy's law will never be in effect when you want something to go wrong (though recursively, this is Murphy's law in action).

[edit] Examples of Murphy's law

  • When you drop toast it will land butter side down
  • When waiting for a bus, every other bus will show and just when you get sick and tired of it all and light a cigarette your bus will arrive
  • When drinking quietly and secretivity while your girlfriend is out with friends you'll get to the point wherein you only have one beer left but you don't want to open it because you don't want to appear to be drinking when she arrives. After an hour and she hasn't arrived you open it, thinking all is calm, and then she walks in the door and accuses you of being drunk.
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