Murphy's Law of Spares

"If you buy just one of something, you will surely break it almost immediately, but if you buy one or more "spare" items to have "just in case", your "initial" item will miraculously escape damage no matter how many mishaps you endure, and thus those duplicate items will merely gather dust in the garage or at the back of your desk-drawer."

I have always tried to handle objects gently and carefully, but due to extreme forgetfulness and physical/mental/emotional infirmities, I tend to "be rough on my stuff" --- sitting/stepping on unobserved items, blundering into objects as I'm groggily stumbling to the bathroom in the middle of the night, soiling items or spilling/dropping stuff, etc., and so I occasionally attempt to "prepare for the future" by acquiring spares of the types of items which I typically seem to damage or break; only prob is that just as soon as I do "lay in for a rainy day" like that, the "currently-being-used" object that I had been procuring said spares for NEVER SEEMS TO ACTUALLY SUSTAIN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, and so all of those extras that I'd carefully tucked away just "sit there for decades"... talk about a classic case of "Murphy's Law of Spares"!

by QuacksO November 23, 2018

spare tire date

An extension of the Third wheel. A person who is in a room full of people who are either occupied by, or attained to the opposite sex. Usually tagged along as a "Spare tire," while couples or touchy friends cuddle during a movie, gala, event.

"One night we were together, I just sat there, it was like a spare tire date."

by Mrfantastic September 14, 2013

Spares

Left over condoms from a lot lizards night out prosituting.

Do you have any spares left over from last night.

by Harddex September 20, 2025

keep a spare

To keep some distance in a relationship so as not to get sick of each other.

Girl 1-How are things going with the new man?

Girl 2-Great, we can't keep our hands off each other!
Girl 1-just remember to keep a spare..

by Chaser469 March 4, 2018

Spare a pod day

December 18th is spare a pod day. Give your buddy pod, full his nic needs.

“Hey can I have a pod”

“Of course you can. December 18th is spare a pod day. Give your buddy pod, full his nic needs. ”

by Bellygoose December 18, 2019

Spared

An intactivist term typically referring to an American male who was not circumcised at birth. He was “spared” of the punishment so-to-speak.

Also a quicker way to say someone is uncircumcised.

“Are you circumcised or spared?”

“I’m spared.”

by ThatNiggaLlamar November 2, 2022

spare nigerian

If you travel to Africa and once you meet a wild leopard , you need to throw a spare nigerian, leopard would not attack you , because it is favorite food a nigeria, so dont wait and run , and let nigerian eaten by a lepard.

Oh no a lepard comming toward us, well ok throw away a spare nigerian

by kkUPYUOASS January 10, 2024