Murphy's Law
Source status: Attributed to Mark Peacock
The solution is not in the instruction booklet when something goes wrong, but someone else always does. Sent by Mark Peacock.
- Mark Peacock
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This law belongs with Murphy's Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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