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Termyn8or -> RE: Murphy's lesser known laws (1/30/2008 1:04:50 AM)
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You should not have numbered that list. You have to add about 300. All the stuff about cars and Women, and work, and all sorts of things, you just skipped.
Not a bad update but I think the numbering should've started at like 300 - 350.
It's like 212a and b. The heater in your car will not break down in the summer, and stated in b is that your AC will not break down in the winter. But referring to #1, 95 and 134 of course you should know that everything breaks down. It is simply a matter of when. I mean the real number one, "Anything that can go wrong will".
I hate to pull out of humor, but I have to say this. Murphy's law is the closest I have to a religion. I mean I know, and the reason that accidents do not happen is because I do not allow them to happen. I have heard before "Accidents are caused, always", and I actually do believe that.
As such I actually think the Murphy's law is not to be made light of, not that you did. It is a complex thing, and I know Murphy, or knew him. I will give the name, because if he is alive he probably doesn't care, and being immortalized in a way would be OK. His name is/was Elden Murphy, and for some reason, a tradition, when his Father died his name became Eldon Murphy. This may have only been a family thing, but he said something to me that sticks with me to this day, almost thirty years later. He said :
You make your own luck.
Truer words have probably never been spoken. And he proved it in his own life. You see, later he got lazy, and busy, printing money. He printed about 300,000 but only had so many serial numbers, so he had to bust the stuff himself, or sell it and tell them, which would make the "queer" worth a bit less.
Well he confided in a supposed friend, things he shouldn't have. This guy was a drug dealer and pretty high up on the food chain. I think Murphy [we always called him Murphy] wanted to wash out some of this queer [that was the name for counterfeit money back then for those who do not know] but the guy was under a secret indicment and was subsequently in very hot water. He rolled on Murphy [told on him to the Feds]. Murphy made his own luck very bad that year, by running his mouth. So he did prove his point.
So much for him, I guess he is history but the legacy goes on. Thanks for the update but you should not number them. They belong in there somewhere, but there are a couple hundred Murphy's laws at least. Any entries must be checked for accuracy and duplicity. Then you get a number.
You just don't know how tired I am, it is three AM here. But you will. Know what just occurred to me ? Just Google for murphyslaw.com. I am serious, and if it does not exist, register it right away. But if there is a murphyslaw.com, just what is there ?
As soon as I am done I am going to see about that. Murphy's law is more than a joke. Of course plenty of jokes are available, depending how you take them. But Murphy's law is a whole lot more, if you think about it, and take care for emergencies BEFORE they happen, things like that, Murphy's law is not so bad. Beats most religions.
Laugh if you want, but that last statement is a fact.I believe there are now about fifty Murphy's laws that are like,,,, accepted. Even though I couldn't recite even the first twelve right now, which are accepted, I know the spirit of it. Do not LET it happen. It is up to YOU to not let it happen.
So i am going to do one.
#3341097 If you fix the heater in your car, it will stop running.
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