A Conversation for Murphy's Law
Alternative General Statement of Murphy's
Da Fox Started conversation Oct 14, 1999
"The perversity of the Universe tends to a maximum".
I can't take credit for this one, but I think it sums it all up the best!
Alternative General Statement of Murphy's
Mund Posted Oct 14, 1999
Murphy's Law: "Whatever can go wrong, will."
The first corollary: "And it did."
Alternative General Statement of Murphy's
Da Fox Posted Oct 15, 1999
2nd corollary:
"Murphy's Law is reflexive. Washing your car to make it rain won't work."
Alternative General Statement of Murphy's
Mund Posted Oct 15, 1999
Washing your car to make it rain won't work... reminds me of two things...
Masochist - Hit me.
Sadist - No.
Hofstadter's Principle (particularly useful in project management), which states "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Principle."
Mund
Alternative General Statement of Murphy's Law 2nd Collary.
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted May 26, 2000
"If Murphy's law can go wrong it will." ie. nothing goes wrong and hence the prediction that it would, is itself, wrong.
Proving emphatically that 'if it can go wrong...'
Clive.
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