Murphy's Law
Source status: Attributed to Anonymous
If someone ever said that something wouldn't go wrong in a billion years, they said it a billion years ago.
- Anonymous
The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.
- Anonymous
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This law belongs with Murphy's Miscellaneous Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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