"If you aren't in a hurry to leave the store, there will be little or no delay in getting a clerk to ring you up. But if you're pressed for time --- or even more so, if you're car-pooling with someone who is on a tight schedule --- THAT'S when there will be hold-ups galore... a long line in front of you, a customer with one or more heaped-full shopping-carts, one or more price-discrepancies that hafta be tediously resolved (i.e., the puzzled clerk is obliged to walk back with you to the shelf to look at the price-labels, a supervisor or the store-manager has to be called over), a balky card-scanner, etc."
Whenever someone who's giving me a ride is kind enough to let me stop at a store to grab a few items, I always try to make very sure that I have everything all "set and prepared" before I head to the register, so that I personally seldom create a problem (i.e., cause any delays myself with issues like not having the proper payment ready or being unsure of a price or quantity) with Murphy's Law of Checkout-Lines. That way, even if my driver has to wait linger than expected for me to hastily scamper back outside with my loaded shopping-bags, he won't be able to direct his impatient frustration at me --- "Sorry for the delay; I did indeed get everything tossed in my cart very quickly, but there was a long line in front of me, and they were short-staffed today, so they only had once register open."
by QuacksO October 31, 2019
Get the Murphy's Law of Checkout-Linesmug. line play is a game where players talk with each other. Being popular on it is just having a lot of friends until everyone starts quitting and now you're a new player using other players for clout.
by hiIliketurtles July 4, 2020
Get the being popular on line playmug. While recieving a wristie a girl rubs an ice cube up and down the line of your arse and then randomly shoves it into your epicentre causing you to violently rumble and shake, spraying your load everywhere and finishing with your eyes rolled back in your head and sighing "oh oh christ"
Matt: "Thinking about doing the frozen Christchurch fault line with Kristie"
Ben: "too soon buddy, too soon"
Ben: "too soon buddy, too soon"
by KiNGY_83 March 12, 2011
Get the Frozen Christchurch fault linemug. by Buddyroe274 December 15, 2011
Get the Hawking a line of salad dressingmug. This phrase's origin stems from the 2015 Super Bowl and has a dual meaning depending on which side you rooted for. Passing at the one yard line can be synonymous with the word "pointless" (In the case of Seahawks fans) or it can be synonymous with "game changer" (As viewed by Patriots fans). To drive home the point, the user of this phrase would likely attach the synonym to the end to explain what was just said to them.
Your comment was like a pass at the 1 yard line... Pointless, or Bringing the dancers to this party was like a pass at the 1 yard line... a game changer.
by plainhavoc February 6, 2015
Get the Pass at the 1 yard linemug. The inescapable general baseline knowledge of fandoms even if you are not technically a part of the fandom, that you gained from being a nerd and talking to other nerds.
Person 1: How did you know so much about Doctor Who?
Person 2: Oh that, I got it from Base Line Nerd Osmosis with my sister.
Person 2: Oh that, I got it from Base Line Nerd Osmosis with my sister.
by Human____404 February 20, 2021
Get the Base Line Nerd Osmosismug. by Mookermania February 29, 2016
Get the left behind enemy linesmug.