Laws…

Laws we live under, like it or not…

LAW OF MECHANICAL REPAIR – After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee.

LAW OF GRAVITY – Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

LAW OF PROBABILITY – The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

LAW OF RANDOM NUMBERS – If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers.

LAW OF THE ALIBI – If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.

VARIATION LAW – If you change lanes, the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).

LAW OF THE BATH – When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.

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.

LAW OF THE RESULT – When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, it will.

LAW OF BIOMECHANICS – The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

LAW OF THE THEATER AND FOOTBALL STADIUM – 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 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.

MURPHY’S LAW OF LOCKERS – If there are only 2 people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

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.

LAW OF LOGICAL ARGUMENT – Anything is possible if you don’t know what you are talking about.

LAW OF PHYSICAL APPEARANCE – If the clothes fit, they’re ugly.

LAW OF PUBLIC SPEAKING – A closed mouth gathers no feet.

LAW OF COMMERCIAL MARKETING STRATEGY – As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.

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.

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Laws… — 20 Comments

  1. LAW OF EQUIPMENT FAILURE – that the more important a task be accomplished with a time schedule, that the copier / printer will decide to break down.

    There is also the inverse of the above EQUIPMENT FUNCTION MALFUNCTIONS – that when vehicle is taken to be serviced with code reader code, the light will disappear when turned on by service tech. I’ve had trucks turn on when towed to service shop (We laughed and laughed!) – this one drives me crazy.

  2. An seldom encountered law (thankfully).

    If someone uses your diesel fueled vehicle, they will top of the tanks with gasoline, especially spouses.

  3. LAW OF FAILURE FAILURE – All laws of failure will reverse themselves at the point when you attempt to demonstrate said failure to anyone else.

  4. LAW OF MECHANICAL REPAIR – After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee.

    You will also have to reach into the customers new car and turn on the key/change the position of the wheels or shift lever.

    LAW OF GRAVITY – Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

    If you are working on a car, a bolt or nut will fall into a void in the frame or body that cannot be accessed without removing some major body part. If it does fall all the way through, it will go to the geographic center of the car.

    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.

    Which brings up a interesting question/experiment. Cats always land on their feet. Buttered bread always falls face down. What happens if you tie a slice of buttered bread to a cats back and give them a toss?

    I spent almost half of my working life working on other peoples junk. Now I just work on my own/families junk. Thankfully our main vehicle is relatively new. So far brake jobs and wiper blades have been it.

  5. LL- Dunno, but I’ve had MOST of these… sigh

    j.r.- Ah yes… BTDT too!

    WSF- LOL, THAT I haven’t had…

    Rev- Yep… sigh

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  7. Which brings up a interesting question/experiment. Cats always land on their feet. Buttered bread always falls face down. What happens if you tie a slice of buttered bread to a cats back and give them a toss?

    Power supply!

  8. LAW OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS – this one is usually true…but sometimes, just sometimes, it works out…differently. Went to an event once, with two attractive women from my job. (All platonic friendship, darn it.) By some immeasurable, astronomical coincidence, we parked RIGHT NEXT to the car my ex-wife was getting out of. The guy she was with did not seem the reputable type, and he wasn’t exactly driving a nice car.

    I let them know what was up, and as we got out of my car to walk to the entrance gates, they played it up for all it was worth, one on each elbow, walking close, all the “let’s show the ex what she’s missing” trimmings.

    I swear I could hear the steam-from-the-ears from behind us.

  9. It seems there is a Law Of Commenting… when you have this great comment and someone else post it just before you do.

  10. It seems there is a Law Of Commenting… when you have this great comment and someone else post it just… Oh.
    Never mind.

  11. The law of mechanical repair could also apply to cav scouts and tankers

  12. Larry’s Law – However long ago you think it was, double it. Note: I believe there should be a percentage adder once you pass 60 yrs. old. Haven’t figured it out exactly, possibly 10-12% per year after age 60. So, if 63 yr. old me thinks it was 5 years ago, double = 10 x 1.3 = 13 yrs. ago.

  13. Old Surfer’s moving stuff suggestions:

    Never pick up or carry what you can slide or drag.

    Never drag what you can roll or put wheels under.

    Never touch what you can get someone else to move for you.