From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Nov 12 23:05:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA02398 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 23:05:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from wpaul@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA02383; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 23:05:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wpaul) From: Bill Paul Message-Id: <199811130705.XAA02383@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What you always knew to be true! In-Reply-To: <364B256B.FED234F7@ukonline.co.uk> from Christopher Raven at "Nov 12, 98 06:14:03 pm" To: c.raven@ukonline.co.uk (Christopher Raven) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 23:05:54 -0800 (PST) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Someone mailed me this ~ not quite FreeBSD, but you've got to admit > they're all true ! > > ;-) [chop] When I was much younger, I remember coming across a book at a local magazine store called _Murphy's Law And Other Reasons Why Things Go Wrong_ which contained pretty much all of these quotes, plus a lot more. The book was conspicuous by its cover art, which was printed about three quarters of an inch off center. There were also two sequels to the book. I _think_ the second one was called _Murphy's Law Book II: Wrong Reasons Why Things Go More!_ I can't remember the name of the third one. My favorite bit from these books was: Paul's Law: You can't fall off the floor. Corollary: It takes little children three years to learn Paul's Law. The only other one I still remember is from the chapter on engineering: Measure with a micrometer, mark with chalk, cut with an axe. -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message