Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Humor: Universal Laws

Universal Laws
by Lalita
posted in her Blog @ CiteHR on April 8, 2005

1. Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair:
After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.

2. Anthony's Law of the Workshop:
Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

3. Kovac's Conundrum:
When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged one.

4. Cannon's Karmic Law:
If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tyre, the next morning you will have a flat tyre.

5. O'brien's Variation Law:
If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now.

6. Bell's Theorem:
When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.

7. Ruby's Principle of Close Encounters:
The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.

8. Willoughby's Law:
When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.

9. Zadra's Law of Biomechanics:
The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

10. Breda's Rule:
At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.

11. Owen's 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.

12. Howden's Law:
You remember you have to mail a letter only when you're near the mailbox.

And the last and best :

13. Murphy's Law
What has to go wrong will go wrong.

2 Comments:

At 1:49 PM, April 13, 2005, Blogger Unknown said...

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At 1:50 PM, April 13, 2005, Blogger Unknown said...

Hi.

I loved Breda's Rule. This always happens to me in the movies! My wife likes to seat near the exit and I like to be prompt, so...
BTW, you can find many more laws like those above at http://www.murphys-laws.com

 

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