Murphy's Law
Source status: Attributed to M. Cottrell
If it's not one thing, it's your mother.
- M. Cottrell
A child will never ask Mom to get something until she sits down.
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This law belongs with Murphy's Mother's Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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