Monday, November 14, 2011

MURPHY'S LAW…AND ALL HIS COUSINS

Monday, November 14 - We don't post things like this, but this just hit home so hard we thought we would share it. All 19 have happened to one of us on more than one occasion. No. 11 just happened to us this past Sunday in church…no less. (Side note: We don't have big bellies or long legs, thank you very much! We sat in the aisle seat. You will see that we mean when you read #11.) Can you relate to any of them?

1. Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.

2.
Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

3.
Law of Probability - The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

4.
Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers.

6.
Variation Law- If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now.

7.
Law of the  Bath - When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.

8.
Law of Close Encounters - The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.

9.
Law of the Result - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.

10.
Law of Biomechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

11.
Law of the Theater & Hockey Arena - At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle, always arrive last. They are the ones who will leave their seats several times to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before the end of the performance or the game is over.  The folks in the aisle seats come early, never move once, have long gangly legs or big bellies and stay to the bitter end of the performance.  The aisle people also are very surly folk.

12.
The Coffee Law - As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

13.
Murphy's Law of Lockers - If there are only 2 people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

14.
Law of Physical Surfaces - The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor, are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug.

15.
Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.

16.
Brown's Law of Physical Appearance - If the clothes fit, they're ugly.

17.
Oliver's Law of Public Speaking - A closed mouth gathers no feet.

18.
Wilson's Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy - As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.

19.
Doctors' Law - If you don't feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you'll feel better..  But don't make an appointment, and you'll stay sick.

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11 comments:

  1. #12 - applies to campgrounds. Go into a totally empty park and the next camper will ALWAYS park next to you.

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  2. These are great - but No. 9 is my nemesis. Always has been.

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  3. We've had all of those happen at least once. Good list!

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  4. I definitely agree that those aren't things we want to happen but they do and then they do more than we want them to. Cute.

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  5. I thinl all have happened to me.Number 18 is hitting home now. We need new tires on the truck. Our size was only used 2 years so yes they are higher priced. Only 3 companies make them

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  6. Ditto to #12 noted by palamine...this seems to be a law that is NEVER broken.LOL
    Excellent list, btw.

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  7. That's a perfect list of likelihoods and probabilities. I could hardly get past #1 while reading this aloud to my lady, and when I finally get it out, she went into fits of laughter. We're going to print out your post and use it as a checklist. By the end of the month, I bet we'll have checked off a bunch of them! Do you know the "even chance" rule? When the odds are 50 /50, you'll lose 80% of the time.

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  8. Yup! Those are all good ones - been dere, done 'em all.

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  9. I'm passing this one on, too. It's just to good to not share. Thanks.

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  10. Hahaha...I LOVE it! Lots that I can relate to in this one!
    Nina

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