APAD: Murphy's Law & Yhprum's Law

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Murphy's Law, a common saying, is a humorous or satirical way of expressing the idea that if something can go wrong, it probably will.  Or if there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.

While the exact origins are debated, it's often attributed to Edward Murphy Jr., an Air Force engineer, in the 1950s.

Wait, here comes the bonus: Yhprum's Law! 

It is the opposite of Murphy's Law (yhprum = murphy backwards ) . The simple formula of Yhprum’s Law is: "Everything, that can work, will work".

It is attributed to Richard Zeckhauser, a professor for political economy at Harvard University: "Sometimes systems that should not work, work nevertheless."

- Source: dear Google with editing
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Murphy's Law is a term used often by me, as it happens often to me .  eg. when I ride bike and see an object on the path, I often would ride right into it even when I was so focused to avoid it.

Yhprum's Law is a new term I learned this morning, thanks to Google.  But it ain't a stranger, as we have had it so far on good weather during all our trips abroad, so much so I even gave it a name: "weather god" who blesses us with good weather.

Wish you all are blessed by Yhprum's Law today, and everyday!

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7grizzly
The early internet exemplified yhprum: few thought it'd work
暖冬cool夏
We are not in our own hands:) 西岛周末快乐!
最西边的岛上
True! Wondering what would Hemingway,Robinson,Walden say?
最西边的岛上
Agreed 2 a degree ;-) we can't change others, but can&should
最西边的岛上
TCself (eg. myInvest.Portfolio canStand marketCrater;-) 周末同乐
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7grizzly
I could try to guess the first two, but who's Walden?
最西边的岛上
in Walden Pond (sorry no space left earlier ;-). See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden

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7grizzly
I see. I'm aware of the pond but didn't know it could think.
最西边的岛上
Hahahaha;-) Everybody can think&express self in their ownWay
最西边的岛上
even H2O when being confined to a pond ;-))))))
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7grizzly
I agree. Walden, at least, should be a sentient lake.
移花接木
Use this law to protect from scam: if sth seems too good
移花接木
to be true, it probably is
最西边的岛上
Yes. It’s given.Received aCall 2weeksAgo,saying I won $5.5M.
最西边的岛上
That was a very good laugh 4 the day :-)))
硅谷居士
Thanks for sharing! I've seen this lot in my career.
硅谷居士
Unreliable folks often mess up things, repeatedly.
最西边的岛上
& deny their faults & pretend being innocent afterwards ;-))
最西边的岛上
Yep. 2me, we all came 2 this world 4 a reason…