How has Murphy screwed you?

[OnlyByMoonlight]

We all know it: Murphy's Law- anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

So tell me, how has he screwed you lately?

Or, better, how have you screwed him?

 

[TE999]

We all know it: Murphy's Law- anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

So tell me, how has he screwed you lately?

Or, better, how have you screwed him?

First off...nobody screws Murphy. He screws you.

Another of Murphy's Laws is: Nothing is as easy as it appears. This was brought home to me when I decided to buy some new office furniture and purchased several pieces that required assembly. It didn't seem that tough...just a screwdriver and a pair of pliers required...no sweat...riiiiight.

I had exhausted my extensive vocabulary of profanities and began repeating myself by the time all was said and done. I broke several parts of the various pieces (they were MDF with an oak veneer) and had to make repairs but I finally put it all together.

In retrospect, I should have paid extra and had some dudes from the store deliver it and assemble it. Oh well, we learn by doing.

 

[OnlyByMoonlight]

First off...nobody screws Murphy. He screws you.

not always. recently my mother had a horse boarded with a lady who was trying to sell her. The lady said she wanted my mom to take the horse back. So we planned to get her on our way out of town. We had planned to drop off the trailer on our way out of town to a family get together then pick her and the trailer up on our way back. The night before she called us and said she had someone who wanted to look at the horse. My mom and I talk about if we should bother with the trailer. I said we should. Cause if we got up extra early, took the time to hook up the trailer, drive there with it, and drop it off then surely the woman would buy the horse and we would have done all that for nothing. So thats what we did and low and behold thats what happened.

 

[JackLuis]

not always. recently my mother had a horse boarded with a lady who was trying to sell her. The lady said she wanted my mom to take the horse back. So we planned to get her on our way out of town. We had planned to drop off the trailer on our way out of town to a family get together then pick her and the trailer up on our way back. The night before she called us and said she had someone who wanted to look at the horse. My mom and I talk about if we should bother with the trailer. I said we should. Cause if we got up extra early, took the time to hook up the trailer, drive there with it, and drop it off then surely the woman would buy the horse and we would have done all that for nothing. So thats what we did and low and behold thats what happened.

So you were the screwer and not the screwee that time?

sometimes if you prepare for the worst, good thing happen.

 

[rgraham666]

I prefer Finagle's Law: The perversity of the universe tends towards a maximum.

Or in layman's terms: Thing don't just go wrong, they go weird.

 

[glynndah]

I bought a new watch with one of those little teeny calendars on the dial. Around eight o'clock on the night of the 30th, I began to set the date which was set on the 17th. Round and round my fingers spun that tiny little stem for what seemed like hours, stopping occasionally to hold up the watch to the light, squint through the magnifying glass and check the date. I repeated this process, all the way around to the 31st. Yes, I missed the correct setting by one spin. By this time it was about ten o'clock.

I checked. Going backwards changed only the hands, not the date. So, around and around and around once more, until the date was correct. Then I looked at the time and date on the computer to set the correct time. 12:01 am on the 31st. If I'd just left it alone {and spared my poor fingertips}, it would have been just fine!

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I went to elementary, middle school and high school with Murphy. I know him well. We're good friends--until I try to do something new. It always takes at least three attempts at a project to get it right. Damn Murphy!

 

[TE999]

I bought a new watch with one of those little teeny calendars on the dial. Around eight o'clock on the night of the 30th, I began to set the date which was set on the 17th. Round and round my fingers spun that tiny little stem for what seemed like hours, stopping occasionally to hold up the watch to the light, squint through the magnifying glass and check the date. I repeated this process, all the way around to the 31st. Yes, I missed the correct setting by one spin. By this time it was about ten o'clock.

I checked. Going backwards changed only the hands, not the date. So, around and around and around once more, until the date was correct. Then I looked at the time and date on the computer to set the correct time. 12:01 am on the 31st. If I'd just left it alone {and spared my poor fingertips}, it would have been just fine!

Been there, done that, bought a different watch.

 

[glynndah]

Been there, done that, bought a different watch.

But I like this watch. It lights up!

I considered just leaving it at the original setting since most of the time I won't be able to see it anyway, but just knowing it wasn't right would bug me. However, I just realized that not every month has 31 days and I fear that whole process is lying in wait for me come the end of February.