"Did you find a job, your lost dog, or a place to live yet?" "No, but I did get 50 Shades of Grey from the library, so the Law of Inverses in Fiction works."
by Bookwords June 12, 2013
Get the Law of Inverses in Fictionmug. The premise that 1) Anything can be fixed by hitting it with a hammer, and 2) If you cannot fix the problem, you do not have a big enough hammer.
See also: Percussive Maintenance, Harmonic Persuasion.
See also: Percussive Maintenance, Harmonic Persuasion.
"It's The First Law of Engineering, Leonidas,” Granadica sent. “If you can’t fix it, you’re not using a big enough hammer.”
-Granadica in The Hot Gate, book three of the Troy Rising series by John Ringo
-Granadica in The Hot Gate, book three of the Troy Rising series by John Ringo
by Western_Rambler November 5, 2020
Get the The First Law of Engineeringmug. "The 'speed' of the Internet --- i.e., how long web-pages take to 'load' and/or respond to you mouse-clicks --- will be in direct inverse proportion to how urgently you need to view the desired material; the connection will be even slower at times there's someone else waiting for you who's also in a hurry.
My buddy needed me to hastily Google engine-bolt-torquing specs during an emergency-repair task he was struggling to get done before a downpour, but the Web was "slower dan molasses runnin' uphill in da wintertime" --- it was a classic "Murphy's Law of Internet-Speed" scenario!
by QuacksO July 28, 2018
Get the Murphy's Law of Internet-Speedmug. My great-grandaunt-in-law is a good person.
by Gerald128 April 7, 2021
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Get the co-nephew-in-lawmug. A term that originated in Cheezburger comments. Much like Godwin's Law, it is the claim that the longer an internet discussion goes, the more likely it is that, regardless of the topic, someone will make a rape analogy.
"Wow, that guy's pretty sexist, wonder why she's with him."
"Why is it a woman's fault for dating a jerk and not the guy's for being a jerk? This is just like when a woman gets raped, people say, 'Oh, she shouldn't have been wearing such provocative clothing, she should know better.'"
"Frunken's Law in record time."
"Why is it a woman's fault for dating a jerk and not the guy's for being a jerk? This is just like when a woman gets raped, people say, 'Oh, she shouldn't have been wearing such provocative clothing, she should know better.'"
"Frunken's Law in record time."
by NotFrunken October 14, 2014
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