A Conversation for Murphy's Law
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omylouse-formerly "Saffron" Started conversation Apr 2, 2001
dont forget O'Reileys law that states that Murphys law is highly optimistic!
From a knackered little omylouse 
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Diamond Bert Posted Nov 19, 2001
And, anything that can go wrong, will, and at the worst possible moment!
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Diamond Bert Posted Nov 19, 2001
There is also the Scottish version - MacPheirson's Law, which states "MacPheirson's piece aye lands jeely-side doon!"
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Apollyon - Grammar Fascist Posted Feb 6, 2003
I see. Do you have any idea what postin No. 3 means?
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Apollyon - Grammar Fascist Posted Feb 17, 2003
Don't worry. I don't know what it means either.
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Wylloe Posted Apr 10, 2003
Um, wild guess here but... MacPheirson's toast lands jam side down? Or something to that effect.
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Sushipops Posted Apr 10, 2003
Close! A piece is a sandwich, not toast.
As in the old song "Oh yeah canni fling pieces oot a twint'i stori flat"
(to the tune of Does Your Chewing Gum Loose Its Flavour)
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Wylloe Posted Apr 10, 2003
And why can't you throw a sandwich out of a twenty story flat then, hmm?
(I hope I got that right)
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Three Headed Sarahs, the friendy three-headed bird from ff 243 Posted Apr 13, 2003
What about "you are looking for a bird to feed, and three fly down at once after you have put the cat to bed?"
Really, there must be grand lists on this internet for such laws. Sod's Laws, even "The Peter Principle"
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shhhmichael Posted Dec 3, 2003
I'm a skyscraper wean2); I live on the nineteenth flair;
But I'm no' gaun oot tae play ony mair,
'Cause since we moved tae Castlemilk, I'm wastin' away
'Cause I'm gettin' wan meal less every day.
Refrain:
Oh ye cannae fling pieces oot a twenty storey flat,
Seven hundred hungry weans'll testify, to that.
If it's butter, cheese or jeely, if the breid is plain or pan,
The odds against it reaching earth are ninety-nine tae wan.
On the first day ma maw flung oot a daud o' Hovis broon;
It came skytin' oot the windae and went up insteid o' doon.
Noo every twenty-seven hoors it comes back intae sight
'Cause ma piece went intae orbit and became a satellite.
On the second day ma maw flung me a piece oot wance again.
It went and hut the pilot in a fast low-flying plane.
He scraped it aff his goggles, shouting through the intercom,
'The Clydeside Reds huv giat me wi' a breid-an-jeely bomb'.
On the third day ma maw thought she would try another throw.
The Salvation Army band was staundin' doon below.
'Onward, Christian Soldiers' was the piece they should've played,
But the oompah man was playing a piece an' marmalade.
We're wrote away to Oxfam to try an' get some aid,
An' a' the weans in Castlemilk have formed a 'piece brigade'.
We're gonnae march to George's Square demanding civil rights
Like nae mair hooses over piece-flinging height
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RIP_Ian_Curtis Posted Feb 11, 2004
this is the first post I've read coming here. What a wonderful introduction, thankyou
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- 1: omylouse-formerly "Saffron" (Apr 2, 2001)
- 2: Diamond Bert (Nov 19, 2001)
- 3: Diamond Bert (Nov 19, 2001)
- 4: Apollyon - Grammar Fascist (Nov 24, 2002)
- 5: Stealth's Cheesecake (Feb 2, 2003)
- 6: Stealth's Cheesecake (Feb 2, 2003)
- 7: Apollyon - Grammar Fascist (Feb 2, 2003)
- 8: Apollyon - Grammar Fascist (Feb 2, 2003)
- 9: Stealth's Cheesecake (Feb 4, 2003)
- 10: Apollyon - Grammar Fascist (Feb 6, 2003)
- 11: Stealth's Cheesecake (Feb 9, 2003)
- 12: Apollyon - Grammar Fascist (Feb 17, 2003)
- 13: Wylloe (Apr 10, 2003)
- 14: Sushipops (Apr 10, 2003)
- 15: Wylloe (Apr 10, 2003)
- 16: Three Headed Sarahs, the friendy three-headed bird from ff 243 (Apr 13, 2003)
- 17: shhhmichael (Dec 3, 2003)
- 18: RIP_Ian_Curtis (Feb 11, 2004)
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