Murphy's Law of Engine-Idling Duration

"If you leave your vehicle's engine running during a delay in proceeding (traffic-jam, road construction, accident-resolution, "stuck" red signal-light, etc.), you will be sitting there for many minutes, just wasting gas. The instant you turn the key off and climb out of your seat to stretch, however, THAT'S when the line of traffic will begin moving again, and thus you will have shut off your engine "for nothing", AND you will now be holding up everyone behind you while you hastily hop back into the driver's seat and re-start the engine so that you can move forward again."

I finally took da plunge and bought a second-hand Toyota Prius because I'd eventually had one too many cases of Murphy's Law of Engine-Idling Duration... the Prius automatically shuts down its power during stand-stills, and then uses its electric motor to provide instant mobility as soon as you're ready to go again.

by QuacksO October 20, 2018

Bartels’ Law

The shorter the lawyer, the more likely an ad hominem attack.

That little guy was backed into a rhetorical corner, so he lashed out at the guy who led him there: classic Bartels’ Law.

by M3Me December 14, 2018

Law

Plain and Simple. Laugh at Will you mofos.

The law will never know what hit them when we all become law abiding citizens.

v. Lylah just lawed all over the place when Coco disliked the taste of his morning Herbal Tea.

by NaughtySiren December 17, 2018

Hansi's Law

People called Hansi on Psn are always right. Even if they're wrong

"You know he said that there a still unicorns"
He's called hansi soooo ye ...Hansi's Law apllies"

by BudgetOgE January 3, 2019

Law of pi

In engineering, every task will take exactly 3.141592 times as long as initially anticipated. The Law of pi is therefore commonly used along project managers when they ask engineers how much time they think they need to finish their work.

Arjan: How long will it take you to finish the design of those tubes?
Vincent: about one and a half hour I think
Arjan: OK, so taking the Law of pi into account, that's gonna take you exactly 282 minutes

by E.Musk January 7, 2019

Taylor Law

A law that prevents NYC Civil Servants from going on strike you get penalized 2 days for every day you strike!

NYC Boss: The cops can't go on strike, don't they know its a violation of the Taylor Law!

by wo-14 January 8, 2019

The law of eventually

If you brute force something enough, it will eventually break / give way / work / you will understand .

It started out with me playing snooker / pool.

I don't really like pool, so I just smash the ball to see how many cushions I can make the ball bounce off before it eventually goes in. My record is 6 bounces.

Most of the time it doesn't work, but sometimes it does (and that's good enough for me).

Same applies with learning new stuff with work. I will read something, and I won't understand it, and I will just keep reading articles, or watching videos until it sinks in and I kinda understand it.

The laws of eventually... hit something (a ball, a topic, whatever) hard enough and it will eventually go in.

David sucks at snooker, rather than playing with finesse, he thinks if he hits the ball hard enough it will eventually go in.

David: (smacks the ball as hard as he can)
Opponent: Why don't you actually try and get the ball in by playing a proper shot?
David: I suck at snooker
(ball still bouncing around the table)
Oppontent: But you're not even trying
David: I'm using the law of eventually - if I hit it hard enough, eventually it will go in.
Opponent: You're an idiot
(ball eventually sinks in a random pocket after bouncing off 20 cushions)
David: HA!

by TAPIP_dy January 9, 2019