Murphy's Law

Source status: Attributed to Gaylen Hayes

The instrument failure/breakdown rate is inversely proportional to the ease of finding a repairer. O., Paris, Texas.

- Gaylen Hayes

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This law belongs with Murphy's Repairman's Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.

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