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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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Murphy's lesser known laws

Saw this on another site and thought it was pretty good:

Murphy's Lesser Known Laws
1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
2. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
3. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
4. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
5. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90 percent probability you'll get it wrong.
6. If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them, five or six at a time, on a hill, in the fog.
7. The things that come to those who wait will be the scraggly junk left by those who got there first.
8. The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.
9. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
10. When you go into court, you are putting yourself into the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 06:24 PM
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Those seem to fall in line with my sig-
 
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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Murphy's Laws of Combat....

If the enemy is in range, so are you.
Tracers work both ways.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 06:34 PM
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Murphy's law of automechanics
any tool dropped in an engine bay will never reach the ground

If there is a possibility of several thing going wrong, the one that causes the most damage will be the one!

It always cost more than first estimated!
 
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by monsterbaby
any tool dropped in an engine bay will never reach the ground
and any tool that does reach the ground will be in the dead center of the vehicle.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 06:55 PM
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and any tool that does reach the ground will be in the dead center of the vehicle.
or directly into the full hot oil drain pan
 
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 08:36 PM
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Cole's law: Thinly sliced cabbage.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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Cole's law: Thinly sliced cabbage.
Cabbage's Law: Open all windows.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by oldgoat49
Saw this on another site and thought it was pretty good:

5. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90 percent probability you'll get it wrong.
This one has my name written all over it. It's the law that plagues me hourly
 
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 11:48 PM
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Mother Nature is a b*tch.
 
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Old Nov 29, 2007 | 08:31 AM
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Murphy's Law as it applies to auto parts stores:

The right part always costs more than the wrong one they sold you in the first place...
 
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Old Nov 29, 2007 | 08:48 AM
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Murphy's law on windshelds, As soon as you replace the one with a small crack, your bound to get another one that same week!

This happen to me....
 
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Old Nov 29, 2007 | 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Traderjoe28
Mother Nature is a b*tch.
and then you marry one.
 
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Anytime a part fails, it will invariably be the one in the most difficult spot to replace, unless the one right next to it costs more, in which case the more expensive one or both will fail.
 
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Old Nov 29, 2007 | 08:37 PM
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Nah, in that case you will damage the more expensive one while trying to replace the failed part, needing to replace both.
 
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