[Each month in 2025, we wander unsupervised down memory lane=
, repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 25 years =
ago (June 2000).]
Okay, you’ve heard of Murphy’s famous Law: Everything th=
at can go wrong will. Here are some "corollaries" and "=
;addendums".
After your hands become coated with grease, your nose wi=
ll begin to itch.
–Lorenz’s Law of Mech=
anical Repair
Identical parts aren’t.
–B=
each’s Law
Any tool, when dropped, will roll into the least accessible corn=
er.
–Anthony’s Law of the Workshop
Nothi=
ng is as inevitable as a mistake whose time has come.
=
–Tussman’s Law
If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed =
replacing anyway.
–Lowery’s Law
The sol=
ution to a problem changes the problem.
-=
-Peer’s Law
There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be s=
olved by brute strength and ignorance.
–=
William’s Law
Handy Guide to Modern Science:
1. If it’s green or i=
t wiggles, it’s Biology.
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p; 2. If it stinks, it’s Chemistry.
3=
=2E If it doesn’t work, it’s Physics.
Machines should work. People should t=
hink.
–IBM’s Pollyanna Principle:
The mo=
st ineffective workers will be systematically moved to the place where they=
can do the least damage – management.
–=
The Dilbert Principle
The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save al=
l the parts.
–Ehrlich’s Law
It is a mist=
ake to allow any mechanical object to realize that you are in a hurry.=
–Ralph’s Observation
If you tell the boss y=
ou were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you wil=
l have a flat tire.
–Cannon’s Comment
Th=
inly sliced cabbage.
–Cole’s Law
~~
Dr Bob Griffi=
n
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