Corollary of The telephones won't work when you need to call long-distance urgently

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Source status: Attributed to Indian Dreamer

Somebody would be talking to his girlfriend on the only long-distance line.

- Indian Dreamer

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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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