who has heard of murphy's law?

Question

who is murphy?
what exactly is it...?
i mean i've heard about it like twice...
(and i didn't know what catagory to put this in...)

Answer 1

MURPHY'S LAWS
Nothing is as easy as it looks.
Everything takes longer than you think.
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. Corollary: If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen then.
If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
Mother nature is a *****.
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.
Every solution breeds new problems.
Murphy's Law of Research
Enough research will tend to support your theory.
Murphy's Law of Copiers
The legibility of a copy is inversely proportional to its importance.
Murphy's Law of the Open Road:
When there is a very long road upon which there is a one-way bridge placed at random, and there are only two cars on that road, it follows that: (1) the two cars are going in opposite directions, and (2) they will always meet at the bridge.
Murphy's Law of Thermodynamics
Things get worse under pressure.
The Murphy Philosophy
Smile . . . tomorrow will be worse.
Quantization Revision of Murphy's Laws
Everything goes wrong all at once.
Murphy's Constant
Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value


That is Murphy's Law

Answer 2

Murphy's law is basically:If anything can go wrong, it will.
Example: If you take an umbrella, it won't rain and you'll be pissed that you carried it around all day. You leave it home the next time you go out and of course, it rains.

If you're interested in the origins of this law, go here:
http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-true.html

Answer 3

I have no idea about Murphy but I'm guessing he was one unhappy fellow

Murphy's Law: What can go wrong will go wrong.

I don't think thats a universal law, but its always best to keep in mind when forming a plan or strategy all the things that can go wrong and how you would handle them.

Answer 4

Murphy's law is a popular adage in Western culture that most likely originated at Edwards Air Force Base in 1948. The Law 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 often cited as "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong" (or, alternately, "Anything that can go wrong, will").

Answer 5

I've heard of Murphy's law.

Answer 6

Murphy's law is the civilian version of the military term - SNAFU

Answer 7

Murphy's Law: Everything that could go wrong will go wrong.

Answer 8

For history etc.

http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-true.html

if anything can go wrong, it will. in the UK, we call it "sod's law".

Answer 9

Murphey lives at my house!!!! Murphys law means, that any thing that can go wrong, will!!!!!

Answer 10

I've heard of it but I'm not exactly sure how to explain it. Just type it into the Yahoo search, you'll get your answer.