# Give Me Your Personal Corollary to Murphy's Law! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 28, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125 "2005-01-28T16:23:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/21 "2005-01-28T20:26:40Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > While it is true that a watched pot never boils, it is also true that a momentarily- **un** watched pot will boil over instantly. Especially true if you are making beer, mead or candy. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/22 "2005-01-28T20:36:41Z")
**More originals** - The strength of the attraction between marinara sauce and white fabric is directly proportional to the cost of the garment. - No matter how many times someone who is allergic to tobacco shifts his position relative to a smoker, the cloud will continue to be drawn to him by some irresistable force. - The sour cream in the refrigerator expired last week. - The number of sudden, unavoidable expenses that pop up at the end of the month is determined by the amount of effort that has gone into finishing the month with a positive bank account balance. ---
**Author:** ![\_xiao\_wenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b782af/32.png) [@\_xiao\_wenti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_xiao_wenti)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/23 "2005-01-28T21:09:33Z")
Immediately after you finish a message to leave at a person’s desk, they arrive. Also for e-mails, midway through composing they come to your door. My law of roommates: You always do the dishes more often than they do. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/24 "2005-01-28T21:10:45Z")
My favorite one that I’ve ever seen was “Celibacy is not hereditary” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/25 "2005-01-28T21:11:46Z")
If you ARE a Murphy, special attention is paid to you, any possible application of the law will apply to you. This, of course, is to remove any apperence of impropriety, or nepotism. If I ever find this wayward relative, I’m gonna just take him out of the reunion list… with extreme predudice! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Meleemancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Meleemancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meleemancer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/26 "2005-01-28T21:24:59Z")
Any event you arrive early to will begin fifteen minutes late. Any event you arrive late to will have begun ten minutes early. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/27 "2005-01-28T22:26:25Z")
My favorite corollary is Murphy was an optimist. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/28 "2005-01-28T22:29:58Z")
Everything medical or governmental involves waiting; add 15 minutes if you forgot to bring a book. Any object or repair that turns out to be defective will be one that you can’t find the receipt for. ---
**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/29 "2005-01-28T22:36:48Z")
Random computer errors happen most to those least likely to know how to fix them. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/30 "2005-01-28T23:56:04Z")
Not mine, my daughter’s: If you drop an object once, chances are good you’ll drop it again. Mine: When you are doing your job with the utmost in effort and efficiency, the boss never stops by. When your feet are up and you’re checking your e-mail or playing hearts, he/she walks in for an chat. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/31 "2005-01-29T01:28:24Z")
My all-time favorite, and not just because it’s got my name on it: **Osborne’s Law** : The tire is only flat on the bottom. > [@Proudest Monkey](#): > > When you are doing your job with the utmost in effort and efficiency, the boss never stops by. When your feet are up and you’re checking your e-mail or playing hearts, he/she walks in for an chat. This is true. I rarely see my boss unless I’m in the back room smoking a cigarette and reading a comic book. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/32 "2005-01-29T01:38:54Z")
1. The bus just left, and the next one is Out Of Service 2. The person who gave your supervisor her/his job is obviously trying to defy the Peter Principle. 3. If you have ever seen just one episode of a television program in your life, and you get a rare chance to see another episode, it will invariably be the same damn episode. 4. The pen will only leak in your best suit. 5. The length and effort put into a post is directly proportional to the chance of someone _else_ making the same point first, and usually better than you did in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/33 "2005-01-29T02:54:27Z")
If it makes sense, it’s against company policy. ---
**Author:** ![Marsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Marsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marsie)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/34 "2005-01-29T19:10:49Z")
Whomever wants it the least will get it… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/35 "2005-01-29T19:35:19Z")
Murphy’s Law of Physics: Constants aren’t; variables don’t ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/36 "2005-01-29T21:50:44Z")
If you stare at an envelope containing a certificate from the school for a scholarship for 6 months, then go out and buy a frame for it, you’ll never find it again. ---
**Author:** ![Typically\_Sunday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Typically\_Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typically_Sunday)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/37 "2005-01-29T22:19:52Z")
1a. If you are trying to get somewhere early, when you reach the subway station/bus stop/train station, you will get there just in time to watch the doors close and the subway/bus/train drive away. 1b. If you are waiting for a subway or train, every single train that goes by will skip your stop, despite their being no reason whatsoever for not stopping. If you are waiting for a bus, it will just be very, very late. 1c. Another subway/bus/train will not arrive at your stop until it’s too late for you to get to your intended destination early or even on time. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/38 "2005-01-30T00:32:07Z")
Any mention of having extra money, if said inside your car, will result in a car repair within the next week. This car repair will cost very nearly the entire amount of extra money. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/39 "2005-01-30T03:34:13Z")
As you approach a red traffic light, it will not turn green until you have come to a complete stop, despite any adjustments in your speed you make in an attempt to continue moving and avoid said complete stop. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125/40 "2005-01-30T03:50:36Z")
Expected guests, especially if they’re my girlfriend, will always show up the second I go to the bathroom. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-personal-corollary-to-murphys-law/287125.md?page=3)