Murphy's Law

Source status: Attributed to Darrell A. Pierce

If you drop a soldier in the middle of a desert with a rock, a hammer, and an anvil, tell him not to touch any of it, and come back two hours later, the anvil will be broken. "Because soldiers gotta fuck with shit". (quoted from an Officer during an interview in which the Officer was asked why barrels were thickened on the M-16A2). Sent by Darrell A. Pierce.

- Darrell A. Pierce

Category: Murphy's War Laws

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

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