Murphy en anglais dans le texte
Variation sur les lois de Murphy outre atlantique
1) Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.
2) Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
3) Kovac's Conundrum: When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged one.
4) Cannon's Karmic Law: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.
5) O' Brien's Variation Law: If you change lanes, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now.
6) BELL'S THEOREM: When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.
7) RUBY'S PRINCIPLE OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
8) WILLOUGHBY'S LAW: When you try to prove to someone that a machine / a system won't work, it will.
9) ZADRA'S LAW OF BIOMECHANICS: The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
10) BREDA'S RULE: At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.
11) OWEN'S LAW: As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.
12) HOWDEN'S LAW: You remember you have to mail a letter only when you're near the mailbox (and the letter is at home)
13) KITCHEN'S RULE: You doubt whether you have switched off the light or not once you are on the Bus to office.
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Source : FireMyst, EntreNewYork