Whatever you like to call it, I don't care - it just plain annoys me!
I wake up in the morning, hear the rain outside my window, switch on the TV and see the weatherman say that its going to rain today and listen to the same on the radio. So I put on my
thick raincoat along with my
heavy water-proof shoes on.
And! blow me over and roll me down a hill, it bloomin' well shines so bright the sun had sunglasses on as he spat down on me.
Murphy's Law broadly states that
"anything that can go wrong, will go wrong" and in some case has been extended to include
"anything that can go wrong, will go wrong and the worst possible way" although im not sure about this corollary.
Sod's Law, an earlier irish predecessor to muphy's law refers to these situations as bad luck or misfortune - an example of sod's law would be: "
Adolph Coors III, who was allergic to beer, was the heir to the
Coors beer empire – being allergic to beer is bad fortune for many, but it is Sod’s Law that someone allergic to beer would inherit a beer empire. " Adoplh Coors would in this be refered to as an "unlucky sod".
And another interesting fact; In
French, Sod's law is rendered by the
phrase: “c’est bien le Diable que…” (literally: “it really is Devil that…”) - those french really know how to express themselves don't they.
In conclusion, the point im trying to make is that Murphy is a constant pain in my side and although it is really funny when it happens to someone else, it aint so funny when it happens to you.
