# Laws that Murphy forgot to write down **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 31, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laws-that-murphy-forgot-to-write-down/541360 "2010-05-31T06:58:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laws-that-murphy-forgot-to-write-down/541360/61 "2010-06-04T14:35:36Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Very true. We could have a thread about rules of transportation alone. Yes, the creepy guy will \*always \*sit next to you. Now, imagine what it’s like to be the creepy guy. You thought those urges in your head were your idea? Nope. They’re the puppet strings of Murphy, pulling you helplessly across the aisle when you’d rather just sit by yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laws-that-murphy-forgot-to-write-down/541360/62 "2010-06-04T15:08:02Z")
Smoke is attracted to faces. If you move to the other side of the campfire to get out of the smoke, the smoke will follow you. > [@Celyn](#): > > Ah, no. You see, the time it does NOT work is the time you have done it deliberately in order to invoke the bus. ☹ “If Murphy’s Law can go wrong, it will.” ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laws-that-murphy-forgot-to-write-down/541360/63 "2010-06-04T16:18:32Z")
Regarding catching a bus, as a bus driver I am getting a kick out these replies (no really! 😃 ). Here’s some that I observed from passengers- The minute you step off Bus A hoping to catch Bus B which gets to your destination faster is the minute you will be stranded for 90 minutes when no bus arrives due to some unforseen incident (construction, accident, etc) If you have an expired pass, the first driver will be nice and cut you some slack, and let you ride anyway. However, once you are at your destination and need to get back, NO bus driver will accept it as fare, and you will be broke too, leaving you stranded. Your level of personal bodily stench is directly proportional to the number of bus drivers who insist you’re on the wrong bus and need to get on a different one. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laws-that-murphy-forgot-to-write-down/541360/64 "2010-06-04T16:26:32Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > After waiting for a bus for whatever amount of time, the second you light up a cigarette, the bus will appear. > > My friends believe so strongly in this rule that they will encourage me to light up whenever we’re at a bus stop. This used to work for babysitting, too - I mean, something similar. As soon as I would go to the bathroom, the parents would come home. I knew that the parents knew I hadn’t spent the evening in there, but it always looked wrong to me (parents come home to an apparently empty house). ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laws-that-murphy-forgot-to-write-down/541360/65 "2010-06-04T16:32:25Z")
Ooh! Also if you have to go somewhere, and are waiting for a friend to call or whatever, and you can’t decide if you should go to the john or not, the _moment_ you drop down and let the goodness flow --not when you decide to go, because that would be too easy-- I mean when your pants are down, and there’s no getting up to answer, the phone will ring. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laws-that-murphy-forgot-to-write-down/541360/66 "2010-06-04T17:06:40Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Smoke is attracted to faces. If you move to the other side of the campfire to get out of the smoke, the smoke will follow you. Dirty underwear. Smoke is attracted to dirty underwear. Everyone knows that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laws-that-murphy-forgot-to-write-down/541360.md?page=3)