MURPHY'S LAWS

Scratching around in all my papers and things, I came across a copy of Murphy's Laws and it is amazing how we are all subject to those laws! They are called "A guide to anticipating the hidden bugs", but then you must keep all of them in mind every time you want to do something, otherwise the hidden bugs strike!

I feel that I must give you a decent sample of Murphy's Laws, so here goes. The first law is very simple: "If anything can go wrong, it will". Can you fault it? The second and third are equally simple, namely "Nothing is as easy as it looks", and "Everything takes longer than you think", but, o so true!

My all-time favourite is the Eleventh Law: "Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first", and think about it as much as you like, you will eventually realize that it is impossible to circumvent this Law. If you decide it is tea time, you first have to switch on the kettle, but only after ascertaining that it contains enough water, otherwise you have to fill it. While the kettle is coming to the boil, you have to get a tea cup and saucer, a bag of tea and a tea pot which has to be warmed first, get the milk out of the fridge, find the sugar bowl (and you probably have to top it up!) pour the boiling water on the tea leaves, allow the tea to brew to the strength you like, pour the tea and after putting in sugar and milk (or putting in milk first!) you have to wait for the tea to cool down enough in order not to burn your tongue! So you see, even a simple thing like having a cup of tea is complicated and then you could also have the first law to contend with, sudden lack of power to the kettle, for instance!
Makes life complicated, but interesting!
Keep to the Laws!
Oupa