2006-07-01 00:12:30 · 7 answers · asked by indianmale 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those can result in catastrophe, then someone will do it.
2006-07-01 03:33:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Murphy's law (Sod's law) is a popular adage in Western culture developed in rocket-sled tests in the late 1940's, which broadly states that things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance. "If there's more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then somebody will do it that way." It is most accurately formulated as"Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong" , per researcher Nicholas T. Spark, author of the four part serialized article Why Everything You Know About Murphy’s Law is Wrong[1].
2006-07-01 07:42:18 · answer #2 · answered by Bog woppit. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most common examples:
- If the toast drops, the chances of it landing butter-side down is directly proportionate to the value of the carpet.
- If you're not sure whether the lane you just turned into was a one-way, then it most probably is.
- Whenever anyone says: "Things can't possibly be worse", it will start raining.
- Million to one chances crop up nine times out of ten.
Basically, it's the most humorous and cruel form of irony.
2006-07-01 07:19:45 · answer #3 · answered by Felix Q 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If anything can go wrong it will
axiom:
At the worst time and place
2006-07-01 07:15:42 · answer #4 · answered by DM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it isn't actually a law, just a "superstition." basically says if something can go wrong, in the worst way, it will.
2006-07-01 07:41:09 · answer #5 · answered by WVMagpie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong.
2006-07-01 07:15:38 · answer #6 · answered by Not Tellin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it can fuc. up it will
2006-07-01 07:16:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋