Murphy's Law

Source status: Attributed to Linda King

If your VCR is set to tape your favorite program every day, and you find that at certain times it is taping nothing but reruns that you've already seen, the VCR tape will run out in the middle of the only program you haven't seen. Sent by Linda King.

- Linda King

Category: Murphy's TV Laws

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

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