Model Railroading > I found a new Murphy's Law!

The screwdriver that I first picked up for Phillips-head is always a flat-head.

> I found a new Murphy's Law!

Actually that one has been around a long time in England. It's called "Sod's law" according to my British born and raised wife!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sod%27s_law

"While Murphy's law says that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong (eventually), Sod's law requires that it always goes wrong with the worst possible outcome."

Cheers, Jim Fitch

And remember, Murphy was an optimist!

Your premonition that the blade of jeweler's saw is likely to break soon will be sure to won.

Even if you predict the cause of non-movable locomotive, it will definitely come off.

I am not a native-speaker, so forgive me for poor English.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/25/17 12:18 by BN7023.

I think you need to quite screwing around and just run trains. ;-)

SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> > I found a new Murphy's Law!
>
> Actually that one has been around a long time in
> England. It's called "Sod's law" according to my
> British born and raised wife!
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sod%27s_law
>
> "While Murphy's law says that anything that can go
> wrong, will go wrong (eventually), Sod's law
> requires that it always goes wrong with the worst
> possible outcome."

I'll look out for Sods Law while enjoying my PG Tips, Penguins and running trains (british wife here too)
>
> Cheers, Jim Fitch

 Kotaro
You are doing quite well.  

Larry

Murphy's Law for Telephone Jacks and Electric Outlets,
they're always behind the largest piece of furniture in the room.

There's a legend that Murphy's Law was coined by an Air Force engineer named Edward Murphy at Edwards AFB (Then Muroc) in the late 1940s.
I heard the story from Murphy's sister, who lived in Bakersfield.
Check that unimpeachable(!) source Wikipedia.

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

Never believed in "Murph's Law"! I subscribe to "Clancy's Law"
Clancy's Law --- "Murphy is an Optimist!"

Old Bob out in Lost Wages

Continuing on with the outlet/plug subject, the socket behind the heaviest piece of furniture will always be bass ackwards when you try to plug a polarized plug in it.