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

Category: Murphy's Repairman's Laws

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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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