Laws Not Taught in Physics...

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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 place in the universe.

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;

someone always answers.

5. 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.

6. Law of the Bath

When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone will ring.
7. 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.

8. Law of the Result

When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work,

IT WILL!!!

9. Law of Biomechanics

The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.


10 . 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.

11. 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.

12. Murphy's Law of Lockers

If there are only 2 people in a locker room,

they will have adjacent lockers.

13. 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.

14. Law of Logical Argument

Anything is possible IF you don't know what you are talking about.

15. Law of Physical Appearance

If the clothes fit, they're ugly.

16. Law of Public Speaking

-- A CLOSED MOUTH GATHERS NO FEET!


17. Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy

As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it

OR the store will stop selling it!


18. 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.
 
The Law of Inconvenience-the complication in any breakdown of a motor vehicle is in direct proportion to the distance from home.
 
I know that #s 8 and 10 are correct. I just had a #8 occurrence with my generator just last week and for #10 I happen to have season tickets to the baseball park and am on the outside end of the aisle. I come to the game, plop my butt in the seat and stay there till the game ends. . .except when I have to move a gazillion times for the lards going to and from the concessions for food and beer.
 
Last week, it was #18.
I hurt my back and drove by the Dr's office for a "treatment". Parking lot and most of the street was full of cars so I knew there was zero chance of getting a "walk-in" appointment. By the time an opening was available, my back had returned to nearly normal and I saved Medicare $150.
 
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Bear Paw Jack said:
17. Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy

As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it

OR the store will stop selling it!

Ergo, when you first find that good product, always buy TWO!

This, of course, will guarantee that they will continue to be available forever.

:wink:
 
Here's a real law of physics people almost always misquote: Murphy's Law. People usually say if something bad can happen, it does (Or some variation of that). Murphy's Law actually says "If time is endless, then all things possible will happen" (Good or Bad).

However, time is NOT endless (per Stephen Hawkings==I had to read a page a day to digest what he was saying but it makes sense!)
 
Ale-8(1) said:
Bear Paw Jack said:
17. Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy

As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it

OR the store will stop selling it!

Ergo, when you first find that good product, always buy TWO!

This, of course, will guarantee that they will continue to be available forever.

:wink:

Batteries for Power Tools? I bought a 7-tool kit 20v by DeWalt=bought 7 batteries!
 
Another one we've seen before . . .

When you can't find something, like your tape measure, when you come home from buying a replacement and go to put it away you will find the original right there where it was supposed to be.

I think I now have six tape measures, but I can't find one at the moment.

:?
 
The last time I lost my 30 foot tape measure, I purchased three of them at Harbor Freight. I have high hopes.

Of course the original finally showed up. It was in an old refrigerator outside that I keep locked and use for ammo storage.
 
Ale-8(1) said:
Another one we've seen before . . .

When you can't find something, like your tape measure, when you come home from buying a replacement and go to put it away you will find the original right there where it was supposed to be.

I think I now have six tape measures, but I can't find one at the moment.

:?

Cameras too! I took some pictures of my dogs outside. Couldn't find my camera=needed it to take some pictures of holsters for sale (SEE CLASSIFIEDS!). Wife and I looked for three days on patio (where I took the pictures), garage (esp. workbench), throughout house. Nothing! It was old, so we agreed to by a new set-up for ourselves for X-mas. Day it arrived, I found the old one sitting on my workbench in clear view!
 
Three from the operating room:
---The innate skill of a surgeon is inversely proportional to the quantity of instruments he ABSOLUTELY HAS TO HAVE to perform an operation.
---The biggest bleeding vessel is in the last 1/8" of the incision, unless you have to extend the incision, at which time you will find a bigger one.
---The patient most concerned about the post-op appearance of his/her incision is the one for whom a large, ugly scar would make very little difference.
 
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