Murphy's law states that "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong".

Well, I've just experienced it twice in quick succession in a rather embarrassing way. It's open day at my University today, and on open days I talk to tour groups about some of our facilities for a portion of the tour. I found out that the tours were starting late, so I expected to see them late.

My throat tends to dry up on open days because the room I present in gets very hot and I tend to practice what I say before the tour arrives, so I gargle water every few minutes, otherwise I sound croaky when I speak. Twenty minutes after they were scheduled to arrive my mouth was getting dry again, so I decided to gargle some water. I tipped my head back gargled for about fifteen seconds or so and when I put my head back the people from the first tour had turned up and most of them had already entered the room to see me gargling at them with a mouth full of water.

I thought that was embarrassing enough, until the second group arrived. Usually there is twenty minutes or so between groups, so I thought it would be safe to practice my speech once more, only this time with my back facing the door as I practiced so I couldn't see them come in. But the second tour had left at the time they were scheduled to, so they entered the room to see me facing away from them talking to myself. When I heard the tour guide speak it took me by surprise, so I jumped round to face them giving an incredibly girlish scream in the process. They must have thought I was such a freak.

So there you go, many people now think that I'm a jumpy gurgler who talks to himself. Murphy and his law seem to be after me today.

Do any of you have Murphy's law stories to share?

this one time this person gave me a murphys law book... i assume he was trying to be an asshole discreetly...and then like two months later his liver failed and he died.   and thats when i realized something...there WAS a God.

The night of living hell:

First, our Physics class had a giant Marble Factory showcase for our projects that we've spent over 30 hours invested in. That lasted from when school got out until 9. We were one marble away from getting the plaque, and a certain group member who was my friend SCREAMED at me if I got anywhere near it. I was absoloutly uncomfortable.

Then I got home to a literature analysis that took until 5 the next morning to complete.

Then I took a Math final on 1 hour of sleep and failed it.