Addenda to Murphy’s laws

Thursday January 8, 2004 at 7:27 am

The final addition to the Murphy's Laws serial contains miscellaneous addenda and commentaries.

Law of the Perversity of Nature (Mrs. Murphy's Corollary):
You cannot successfully determine beforehand which side of the bread to butter.

Corollary (Jenning):
The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.

Commentaries
Hill's Commentaries on Murphy's Laws
(1) If we lose much by having things go wrong, take all possible care.
(2) If we have nothing to lose by change, relax.
(3) If we have everything to gain by change, relax.
(4) If it doesn't matter, it does not matter.

O'Toole's Commentary
Murphy was an optimist.

NBC's Addendum to Murphy's Law
You never run out of things that can go wrong.

jason

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