# The Iron rules of life. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 6, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366 "2018-07-06T06:18:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/41 "2018-07-22T00:53:19Z")
As soon as you pay off a car it will break down or be in an accident. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/42 "2018-07-22T06:45:09Z")
If it sounded like a good idea at the time, it probably wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/43 "2018-07-22T07:10:10Z")
Got a hungry cat? Buy a case of his favorite food and he won’t eat it ever again. Never. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/44 "2018-07-22T15:26:11Z")
If I like a certain product at the supermarket (eg. generic multi grain crackers, catfish) and I start buying it regularly the store will stop selling it. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/45 "2018-07-22T15:29:16Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > If I like a certain product at the supermarket (eg. generic multi grain crackers, catfish) and I start buying it regularly the store will stop selling it. This. And don’t even dare really liking that cute new restaurant in your 'hood . . . ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/46 "2018-07-22T15:52:06Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > If I like a certain product at the supermarket (eg. generic multi grain crackers, catfish) and I start buying it regularly the store will stop selling it. Oh yes, and any time I REALLY like something at a takeaway chain I’ll find out that it was a “limited time” item. When you get out of hospital after 6 weeks from the routine surgery that was supposed to be a few days in there, they’ll give you the wrong medication which is 3 times the dose you are meant to have and then your dogs will be sick all over your bed and you’ll find out that, despite their inoculations, they’ve got a minor case of kennel cough. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/47 "2018-07-22T17:48:53Z")
Old construction axiom: Most projects will start on time and proceed smoothly until they reach 98% complete, where they will remain for the next several years. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/48 "2018-07-22T18:59:55Z")
“Found money”, in the form of a prize or gift, always comes just before you need a repair on something. And the amount of that repair is exactly the same as the amount of money you just got. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/49 "2018-07-22T22:10:39Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Anything that can go wrong will go wrong at the worst possible ti Ok, that made me chuckle! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/50 "2018-07-22T22:20:20Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > “Found money”, in the form of a prize or gift, always comes just before you need a repair on something. And the amount of that repair is exactly the same as the amount of money you just got. The repair will be $20 more than the prize/gift and, man, I could have used that twenty for lunch this week. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/51 "2018-07-26T06:07:06Z")
This is my grocery cart, outside the store after I paid for the groceries. [Link](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/925/42929370784_cb94da772e_k_d.jpg) Because when I use a self-pay station at the grocery store, reusable bags NEVER FIT IN THE DAMN HOLDERS! ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/52 "2018-07-27T07:11:49Z")
When beginning a roll of toilet paper, you will lose at least 18" trying to find the starting sheet. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/53 "2018-07-28T04:26:56Z")
If you need to fly anywhere near an airline “hub”, you will have to change planes at the hub. Especially Atlanta. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/54 "2018-07-28T05:29:30Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > 1. Too little iron causes “tired blood” > 2. Too much iron causes black poop > 3. There is no subject/statement that some SDMB poster will not take literally and answer accordingly Ninja’ed … 1] Magnetic 2] Rusts 3] Sinks in water * * * Business folk have to keep records and receipts for 7 or 8 years for tax audits … boxes and boxes of this stuff, takes while to go through to find the one receipt you need … and it’s missing, only this one, you’ve lined up all 11,724 other receipts and matched them to you journals and you have every last one … except the one you’re looking for … no matter how hard you try, how diligent you are, the one receipt you need is the only one missing … ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/55 "2018-07-28T06:33:51Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Earbuds aren’t called that because they look like flowerbuds. They’re called that because they are as fragile as flowebuds. The biggest plot hole in _I Am Legend_ was that the Will Smith had apparently spent thirty post-apocalyptic years listening to his iPod through the same set of earbuds. If there is a choice between an expensive item breaking a cheap item, and a cheap item breaking an expensive one, the latter will always happen. My earbuds must be made of cast iron. The receptacle for them on my phone, however, must have had quintuplets since I no longer can get a good connection. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/56 "2018-07-28T06:36:03Z")
One from college - ∑ luck = 0. If you are lucky this month, you won’t be next month - or next year. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/57 "2018-07-28T22:44:01Z")
If you buy ice at the store, it will turn into a permanently interlocked solid mass the instant you put it in the freezer If you use trays to make your own ice it will always stick like Epoxy when you try to pop it out. If you have an icemaker the resulting product will exhibit faint notes of Imperial Margarine. Ergo, you can’t have good ice at home. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/58 "2018-07-29T22:25:57Z")
_Marvin voice_ Life…don’t talk to me about life. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/59 "2018-07-30T13:54:06Z")
From the cashier’s station: The person who only has American Express and/or a check will only tell you this after you’ve rung up their $300 order. That person will argue that you can take their AmEx or check because “I used it here last week.” No, you did not. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366/60 "2018-07-30T15:35:15Z")
There is always heavy traffic unless you allow a little extra time. If someone is driving like an utter prick, they’re in a BMW or an Audi. j [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-rules-of-life/817366.md?page=2)