Humour

There's a Zulu law that predates Murphy's by at least two centuries

Coined around 1750, it states that if you drop a juicy grilled rib, there is a 99.99% probability that it will land on a fresh, steaming pile of cow dung

28 November 2021 - 00:00

Every time I hear someone invoke Murphy’s Law, I look around for the nearest pot plant to puke in. There's nothing original about that law, popularised in US Air Force aviation circles in the 1950s. I bet you it’s a rip-off of a Native American law stating that the urge to sneeze while stealthily stalking a deer increases directly proportionally to your proximity to the deer, measured in inches...

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