Murphy's Law
Source status: Attributed to Keith Hipkins
The probability of the toast landing peanut-butter-side-down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpeting. Sent by Keith Hipkins.
- Keith Hipkins
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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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