The sign at the front of the bus is merely for decoration. It is not a bus destination.
Murphy's Bus Laws
Dive into the pessimism of Murphy's Bus Laws. Here are 32 reasons why you should always have a backup plan.
Laws in this category
- Anthony Sullivan
- Anonymous
- Edson
Every dork wants a stupid conversation and won't get off the bus.
- Anonymous
No one has the correct change.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
The last person on the bus always wants the previous stop.
- Anonymous
Irrespective of time and route, the city buses are always crowded.
If you must take a bus, there's a strike.
- Anonymous
If you are late to the bus station, the bus will be on time.
- Henk
- Francoboom
Chat with a pretty girl, or light a cigarette, and the bus will arrive immediately.
- Francoboom
If you light a cigarette to hurry the bus's arrival, it will be late.
- Yehuda Dodo
If you light a cigarette, the bus will come.
- Anonymous
- Arthur Caldwell
- The Sorokman
If you catch the last bus of the day, it leaves two minutes earlier.
- The Sorokman
The first bus from your route will always appear in the opposite direction.
- The Sorokman
- what'd ya say?
- Rene Chenier
Waiting for a bus is longer than the journey.
- Pradeep S.
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More laws in this category
- If you're running late, the bus will be too
- If you think you have lots of time before your bus, you've read the timetable wrong
- The other people at the bus stop are waiting for the bus that has just pulled in
- If you have no change, the bus driver won't have any
- The customer can be thrown off the bus at anytime, without any explanation
- Two buses for the same place will always pull together
- The hotter it is outside, the greater the chance that there is no air conditioning