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Murphy’s Laws
#31
RE: Murphy’s Laws
Interchangeable parts won’t.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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#32
RE: Murphy’s Laws
"Some assembly required" never factors in the swearing and throwing of tools as part of the workload.
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#33
RE: Murphy’s Laws
(August 6, 2020 at 4:35 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: "Some assembly required" never factors in the swearing and throwing of tools as part of the workload.

True with bikes and patients.

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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#34
RE: Murphy’s Laws
IKEA furniture will always miss parts upon assembly.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman
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#35
RE: Murphy’s Laws
(August 6, 2020 at 4:09 pm)polymath257 Wrote: A crucial piece of equipment will demonstrate how crucial it is by failing when you need it most.

Any software upgrade will reset all of your settings. It will take until the next upgrade to get them right again.

Ahh.... a Wyndoze user Smile
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.

Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups

Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!

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#36
RE: Murphy’s Laws
(August 5, 2020 at 7:06 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:
(August 5, 2020 at 6:27 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Bob's law:

1.  All it takes is for one idiot to do something stupid and all the other idiots will follow.

Biker's Law

Anyone who thinks conformity is a virtue never heard of lemmings.
You actually think the lemming myth is true?
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#37
RE: Murphy’s Laws
(August 7, 2020 at 12:17 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote:
(August 5, 2020 at 7:06 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Biker's Law

Anyone who thinks conformity is a virtue never heard of lemmings.
You actually think the lemming myth is true?

You actually think it matters for it to serve as a metaphor?
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#38
RE: Murphy’s Laws
(August 7, 2020 at 12:17 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote:
(August 5, 2020 at 7:06 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Biker's Law

Anyone who thinks conformity is a virtue never heard of lemmings.
You actually think the lemming myth is true?

That they kill themselves?

It's true.

I used to work on a suicide helpline and we'd get calls from lemmings all the time.

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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#39
RE: Murphy’s Laws
Lemmings DO commit suicide, but only when they're bulldozed off a cliff by the Disney Corporation.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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#40
RE: Murphy’s Laws
(August 7, 2020 at 9:21 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Lemmings DO commit suicide, but only when they're bulldozed off a cliff by the Disney Corporation.

Boru

But they earn union scale....
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