Laws of probability

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1. Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.

2. Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

3. Law of Probability - The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

4. Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers.

6. Variation Law - If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).

7. Law of the Bath - When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.

8. Law of Close Encounters - The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with ...Or you are wearing something you don't want to be seen in!

9. Law of the Result - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.

10. Law of Biomechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

11. Law of the Theater & Hockey Arena - At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle, always arrive last. They are the ones who will leave their seats several times to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before the end of the performance or the game is over. The folks in the aisle seats come early, never move once, have long gangly legs or big bellies and stay to the bitter end of the performance. The aisle people also are very surly folk.

12. The Coffee Law - As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

13. Murphy's Law of Lockers - If there are only 2 people in an entire locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

14. Law of Physical Surfaces - The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor, are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug.

15. Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.

16. Brown's Law of Physical Appearance - If the clothes fit, they're ugly.

17. Oliver's Law of Public Speaking - A closed mouth gathers no feet.

18. Wilson's Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy - As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.

19. Doctors' Law - If you don't feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you'll feel better.. But don't make an appointment, and you'll stay sick.
 
dun":9dy7kobs said:
1. Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.

Or your hands become coated in poo, de-wormer, hair, dirt etc.

I can attest to the truth of the majority of these.

I would also add to #14 that the jelly side of the sandwich will fall jelly side down on a floor full of dirt and dog hair. :lol2:

Katherine
 
I will add Larry's law of probability...... if I have 50/50 chance of getting something right it will turn out wrong 90% of the time.

Larry
 
I witnessed law 2 and 3 for myself a few minutes ago.
Maybe if I hadn't been watching the screw wouldn't have dropped into the effluent sump... I was kinda offering to maybe go down and get it if it was still visible but his assistant said it was a gone screw.
 
For those with Nissan Xterra's, the following may be of benefit regarding law 2. You will save yourself time finding the spark plug socket (lost while attempting to remove the #6 plug) tucked deep along the inverted ledge of the motor, between it and the firewall, easier by just removing the hood as a first course of action. This will still not allow direct visualization, but it will allow easier manipulation of the telescoping magnetic retriever. Don't worry, there will still be ample opportunity for creative language usage.

I'm pretty certain that there is also a correlating law of engineering that states it is imperative that an inaccessible region be designed in consideration of any potential tools, bolts, nuts, washers, or other small objects utilized during maintenance or repair. I think there is even a tax incentive.
 

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