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#114913 - 12/06/07 03:49 AM Murphy’s Law: More Than You Ever Wanted To Know
JCWohlschlag Offline
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Well, since we “preparednessists” pretty much live with Murphy’s Law in the back of our minds (at least most of the time, anyway), I thought this might be interesting to some of you. This article outlines, in pretty good detail, the confusion behind the origins of Murphy’s Law.

http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i5/murphy/murphy0.html
(This is an index page that links to the 4 pages of the actual article.)
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#115002 - 12/07/07 12:55 AM Re: Murphy’s Law: More Than You Ever Wanted To Know [Re: JCWohlschlag]
CJK Offline
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Registered: 08/14/05
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Loc: FL, USA
Awesome read....thanks

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#115128 - 12/08/07 07:59 AM Re: Murphy’s Law: More Than You Ever Wanted To Know [Re: CJK]
OIMO Offline
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Registered: 08/03/07
Posts: 57
Loc: UK
A great read, really interesting background and character.

I can also confirm the law is still in full effect. Half way through reading the article my young son crawled backwards all the way from one end of his play mat to the other and then just as he reached the edge of the mat, he threw up, on the new carpet!

OIMO

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