What Are Your "Custom Laws"?

GD’s Sports Axiom # 1: If you’re looking for heartache, root for the Mariners/Seahawks. They will provide it in abundance.

Anyone the believes they are 100% correct is wrong.

When new software is chosen, nobody ever consults the people who will actually use it. When blame for the new software’s problems is assigned, it’s always “operator errors.”

Struan’s Law of Reverse Capitalistic Utility:

“The more you like the folk for whom you work, the less they are able to pay.”

DeVena’s Rule of Hives - When in polite company, hives will immediately migrate to those body parts you shouldn’t scratch in public.

DeVena’s Rule of Pain - “Walking Distance” is relative.

What matters is not the length of the wand, but the magic in the stick.

The size of the smile/grin on your face while driving through a puddle is directly proportional the size of the spash and, if you’re in a nasty mood, how many people you drench.

The less there has been to do all day, the more likely that a client will call at 5:50 to tell you “we’re expecting some feedback to arrive later on tonight. Let’s have a meeting to discuss it when it comes in.”

sub-rule: “later on” will never be less than two hours.

Corollary[SUB]1[/SUB]: “The Seattle rain will reduce any high priced free agent’s output by at least 20%.”
Corollary[SUB]2[/SUB]: “Any outgoing high priced free agent will have pro-bowl/all-star season with their new team.”

Cyberhwk’s Law of Dating: “The number, quality, and interest of prospective partners is inversely related to your availibility.”

I beg to differ. Not only is gravity a good idea, it is the law. And it is not subject to repeal anytime soon.

Rick
Who has suffered from a few too many gravity storms.

“What Underhanded Cutthroat Does Piracy-Yonder-O’erhead?”

Useful mnemonic for the most common types of anime endings, in order of ‘preference,’ based on the effect on the viewer’s morale:

“Wistful; Unsatisfying; Confusing; Depressing; or Pisses-You-Off.”

(Not counting combinations, of course.)

This is one of my laws also!, part b states that any man I find attractive will find me hugely unattractive…

#8 - A baby’s screams volume will be in direct correlation with my headache (the worse the headache the louder the screaming

#12 - If I make plans to do something, D’Mother will demand that I do something for her (I don’t tell her what I’m planning to do) and everything is an emergency to her :rolleyes:

Any piece of written text concerning a spelling/grammar mistake must contain at least one eror.

I like that one.

In these parts we call it Gaudere’s Law, after the administrator who pointed it out

Rocketeer’s Law of Movie Advertising: Quality of movie and Quantity of advertising are inversely proportional.

I plee ignorance to the following charge… plajorism, I was unaware of said previous post by said “administrator” if that is his real username. Sorry, wouldn’t have posted it if I had known :stuck_out_tongue:

I don’t think anyone holds it against you. Also, Gaudere is female.

Okay enough is enough, I was also unaware that the admin was female, however the “He” I was reffering to was the Straight Dope admin on the link above who’s name appeared to be male, not the intventer(ess) whom came up with the law. Ok I think this time I’ve gotten a clean break away from the tradgedy which is posting slightly incorrect info on a forum. :wink: