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"Vic Miller Says" taken from the Tradewind, January 7 issue, page 2.
"The other day I was thinking about Murphy's Law since it is something that plays such an important part in all of our lives. Two versions of Murphy's Law are 'Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong' and 'The outcome of a given desired probability will be inverse to the degree of desirability'.
Murphy's Law may well be the reason the following things are true:
Things that are supposed to come apart always stick together and things that are supposed to stick together always come apart.
It is impossible to make anything foolproof, because fools are so ingenious.
No matter how long or hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will go on sale the next day.
Good parking places are always on the other side of the street.
The other line always moves faster.
Grass will grow in the cracks of your sidewalk, but not on your well-water, well-fertilized lawn.
A cigarette tossed from the window of your auto will start a forest fire, while you can use two boxes of matches and the entire Sunday edition of the newspaper without being able to start a fire under the dry logs in your fireplace.
Anything you try to fix will take longer and cost more than you thought.
And a couple of Murphy's lesser known laws:
Light travels faster than sound, which is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
And then there's the 50-90 rule. Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there is a 90% probability you will get it wrong.
So, when something goes wrong in your life, don't spend a lot of time agonizing about it, since it was pre-destined. Murphy's Law merely took over and there was nothing you could have done that would have changed the outcome.
Feel better now?"
"The other day I was thinking about Murphy's Law since it is something that plays such an important part in all of our lives. Two versions of Murphy's Law are 'Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong' and 'The outcome of a given desired probability will be inverse to the degree of desirability'.
Murphy's Law may well be the reason the following things are true:
Things that are supposed to come apart always stick together and things that are supposed to stick together always come apart.
It is impossible to make anything foolproof, because fools are so ingenious.
No matter how long or hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will go on sale the next day.
Good parking places are always on the other side of the street.
The other line always moves faster.
Grass will grow in the cracks of your sidewalk, but not on your well-water, well-fertilized lawn.
A cigarette tossed from the window of your auto will start a forest fire, while you can use two boxes of matches and the entire Sunday edition of the newspaper without being able to start a fire under the dry logs in your fireplace.
Anything you try to fix will take longer and cost more than you thought.
And a couple of Murphy's lesser known laws:
Light travels faster than sound, which is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
And then there's the 50-90 rule. Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there is a 90% probability you will get it wrong.
So, when something goes wrong in your life, don't spend a lot of time agonizing about it, since it was pre-destined. Murphy's Law merely took over and there was nothing you could have done that would have changed the outcome.
Feel better now?"