Murphy's Law.

[Xhumed]

I personally know Murphy.

nu-uh
It's like rule 34, but sane.

Klutz, you may not have gotten heartburn but I did, thanks alot.

Why did you bring Rule #34 in to this? It's like bringing in Godwin's Law.

Don't oppress poor monopoly guy, jeez, you're like that facist bloke..whatshisname...

Mussolini, thats it.

I'm not oppressing him. He rule #34'd Murphy's (or Murphry) Law! Who does that?

...that was a Godwin's Law joke... -whoosh-

 

[Eyclonus]

The full version is: "If there are two ways of doing something and one of them leads to disaster, that way will always be done first."

Unless the show I watched years ago lied to me.

It did not. Murphy was a rocket test engineer or some such scientist. G-Force testing units could go two ways at one point when they were testing one of those rocket sled doohicky's and some nuffa put them all on backwards.

Check wikipedia for more info (I think)

I wouldn't cite wikipedia on that. I've heard the same full version from an extremely reliable source, one of Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki's books. Dr Kruszelnicki is well known in Australia not only for his quirky shirts and obscure knowledge but his scientific rationale.

 

[Radelaide]

I personally know Murphy.

nu-uh
It's like rule 34, but sane.

Klutz, you may not have gotten heartburn but I did, thanks alot.

Why did you bring Rule #34 in to this? It's like bringing in Godwin's Law.

Don't oppress poor monopoly guy, jeez, you're like that facist bloke..whatshisname...

Mussolini, thats it.

I'm not oppressing him. He rule #34'd Murphy's (or Murphry) Law! Who does that?

...that was a Godwin's Law joke... -whoosh-

dude, I've been doing Modern History for my HSC. Don't start Godwin's law. It'll bring back bad memories.

*edit, edit, edit*

Sod's Law states that toast will always land butter side-down.

In actuality, Murphy was a military officer (I would guess a drill sergeant, since he trained new recruits) who regularly stated the terms of the law to the people under him. He said it to encourage them to be prepared for the nasty eventualities that tend to happen on the battlefield. However, most individuals feel that the law has come true for them multiple times, since life throws a lot of crap at them.

*snip*

"It was named after Capt. Edward A. Murphy, an engineer working on Air Force Project MX981, (a project) designed to see how much sudden deceleration a person can stand in a crash."

I just read that. You were kinda right. Military officer. Engineer (no wonder most of the laws are right).