Murphy's Law
Source status: Attributed to Luke
Your cannon will jam in combat, and when you return to base, there will be nothing wrong with it.
- Luke
You may have the better plane, but the enemy is the better pilot - or vice versa.
- Luke
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This law belongs with Murphy's Fighting Airplanes Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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