It's a mystery because it isn't so simple, me thinks.... thinks.... thinks.... Hmmm... a loop, can't find the answer to that one myself. I do know one thing, what can happen, will.
Agree and in spades, thus, Murphy's Law "whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.", SNAFU, 7 Ps the British Army adage for Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance see USAF article :
Commentary - Proper prior planning prevents pitifully poor performance, and there is Smith's Law: "Murphy was an optimist." :crackup:
There are a number of interesting pragmatic and humorous different takes on Mr. Murphy's Law:
"If that guy has any way of making a mistake, he will. Original phrasing by Edward A. Murphy according to George E. Nichols"
"If it can happen, it will happen. Precedent condensed by team members according to George E. Nichols"
"If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it. Version attributed to Edward A. Murphy in "Murphy Lives!" by Robert L. Forward, in Science 83 (January-February 1983), p. 78"
"If there's more than one way to do a job and one of those ways will end in disaster, then somebody will do it that way. Version attributed to Edward A. Murphy in People Magazine (31 January 1983), p. 82"
"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Phrasing attributed to Major John Paul Stapp"
"If there's more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then somebody will do it that way. According to Robert Murphy (son of Edward A. Murphy, Jr.) his father's statement was along these lines; reported in People (31 January 1983), p. 82; alternately reported as "If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it", in "Murphy Lives!" by Robert L. Forward, Science 83 (January-February 1983), p. 78; also commonly reported as, "If anything can go wrong, it will", in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (1982) edited by J. A. Simpson, p. 4."
"Anything That Can Possibly Go Wrong, Does Epigraph of The Butcher: The Ascent of Yerupaja (1952) by John Sack"
"Colonel Stapp's favorite takeoff on sober scientific laws — Murphy's Law, Stapp calls it — 'Everything that can possibly go wrong will go wrong' Lloyd Mallan, in Men, Rockets and Space Rats (1955), possibly the earliest printed use of Murphy's name in connection with the law."
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Murphy's Quantum Law: Anything that can, could have, or will go wrong, is going wrong, all at once. Paul Dickson, in The Official Rules (1982) ISBN 0099264900
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"If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe or pregnancy, then someone will do it."
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_law
