Definitions by QuacksO
Murphy's Law of Weather vs. Gumption
"You can apathetically sit around the house for hours, and the weather will be sunny and mild. But then just as soon as you actually manage to groggily struggle up off'n yer but and head for the door to be productive with outdoor activities, it will either start raining, the temps will soar/plummet, or the breeze will die down and allow black flies and mosquitoes to swarm you."
I am a long-term vicitim of Murphy's Law of Weather vs. Gumption, so I employ the unconventional strategy of working naked outdoors (long live tall dense shrubbery along the road out front!) so that I can feel cooler and move about more easily than I could with restrictive clothing, and thus I am able to strugglingly get work done during more-favorable weather, even when I strongly don't feel like it.
Murphy's Law of Weather vs. Gumption by QuacksO September 12, 2019
fellony
A "fellony" can also refer to someone's illegally/unethically cutting/breaking down (i.e., "felling") a tree or other vertical object. Ordinarily, a classic example of this act might be the famous (or infamous!) tale about the tomahawk-wielding young George Washington, but it turns out that this narrative was just a myth (well, I must admit that I HAD always kinda wondered how "da great G.W." could have done all the awful things he was known for --- such as wrongfully jailing farmers, and keeping and disgracefully mistreating slaves --- if he was such an "honest" and "truthful" soul as a child!)) perpetrated by an overzealous newspaper-journalist, so I guess we would need to look elsewhere for a true and valid example... maybe the funny Echo-brand chain-saw ad, where the super-excited dude was so eager to try out his new Echo chain saw that he mindlessly cut down a neighbor's tree, and then when said neighbor confronted him about it ("That's **my tree** that you just cut down!"), the imperturbable miscreant sunnily replies, "Oh, no problem --- glad to do it for ya!"
I have no idea --- I just work here
It isn't fair to employ people to work for you, but then not tell them all of the basic stuff about your establishment, thus obliging them to sometimes humiliatedly reply, "I have no idea --- I just work here" when queried about something related to your company's operations or policies. Any employee should be able to answer most frequently-asked questions about your place of business that might logically be posed by the general public.
I have no idea --- I just work here by QuacksO September 12, 2019
win up to five times
If you buy five of the scratch-off tickets that say, "Win up to five times", it very likely will refer to how many times the STATE will win, since you were idiotic enough to spend the money on those five tickets and probably not win anything yourself.
win up to five times by QuacksO September 12, 2019
Murphy's Law of Gambling
"You can patronize the slots till Doomsday or buy any number of scratch-off tickets and never gain any significant winnings, but then just as soon as you stop playing, the very next player will win big."
Many an addicted gamer believes in Murphy's Law of Gambling, even though it is indeed :"all chance" and thus seldom actually works out that way.
Murphy's Law of Gambling by QuacksO September 12, 2019
Murphy's Law of Gasoline Prices
"You can sit around at home till Doomsday and the prices at the pumps will stay fairly low, incessantly tempting you to travel. But the moment you decide to take off somewhere and head out on your trip, the price for a gallon of gas will go right through the roof!"
Gas-prices seemed fairly "stable" all summer, and so I delayed a road-trip for a while to "save up" or "accumulate" a number of errands so that hopefully my trip would be more cost-effective with regards to gas-consumption, but then when I stopped to fill up my tank in the morning when I was first heading out, the price had suddenly jumped over a quarter higher per gallon! Sounds like a classic case of "Murphy's Law of Gasoline Prices" to me!
Murphy's Law of Gasoline Prices by QuacksO September 12, 2019