Murphy's Law of the Hammer
Source status: Attributed to Gaylen Hayes
Any instrument can be used as a hammer; the more delicate or expensive the instrument, the better a hammer it becomes. Sent by Gaylen Hayes, D.O., Paris, Texas.
- Gaylen Hayes
Source status: Attributed to Gaylen Hayes
Any instrument can be used as a hammer; the more delicate or expensive the instrument, the better a hammer it becomes. Sent by Gaylen Hayes, D.O., Paris, Texas.
- Gaylen Hayes
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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