Pat's law is simply this, when conducting a project, it is alway the last thing that goes wrong. and on this last miniscule task, you always spend 60% or more of your time on it. Making the last item in a string of items the last possible screw up. This also leads to PAT'S SYNDROME
"You have to drill five holes, the first four were easy and no problems occured. The last hole your drill bit breaks, you replace the bit, and then your battery goes dead. you replace the battery and the motor burns out." this is pat's law
by Tommy Weese March 28, 2008
Get the pat's lawmug. "The vessel, or vehicle with the greatest gross tonnage has the right of way."
Based in part on the navigation rule about ships restricted in ability to maneuver and how other ships need to stay away. And the reality of if there is a collision between two or more vehicles the smaller vehicles will take more damage than the larger vehicles. And that greater amount of damage is shared with the occupants of the smaller vehicle.
Based in part on the navigation rule about ships restricted in ability to maneuver and how other ships need to stay away. And the reality of if there is a collision between two or more vehicles the smaller vehicles will take more damage than the larger vehicles. And that greater amount of damage is shared with the occupants of the smaller vehicle.
Smart car v. F-350 crew cab pickup. Pickup driver is shook up and possibly bruised from the airbag, they can walk away. Smart car driver is in the ambulance on the way to the hospital with multiple fractures and or internal injuries. Moral of the story, violating the tonnage law will end up in pain & suffering. Even though you may have the right to be where you are, the right will not protect you from harm.
by Dammitmon July 10, 2011
Get the tonnage lawmug. Rule of Law - One set of laws applied equally to All Citizens without regard To wealth, status or government office
by Don Mashak-The Cynical Patriot May 9, 2019
Get the Rule of Lawmug. n.
1. A defender of the undefendable.
2. A mythical savior who has forged the world with his two mighty fists, friendship, and mediocrity.
3. Popular matress size just above 'King'.
v.
1. To be horrible or just below terrible.
2. To totally kick ass to an extreme degree.
3. An effective mode of transportation, like riding a bike, but slower and just as fast.
1. A defender of the undefendable.
2. A mythical savior who has forged the world with his two mighty fists, friendship, and mediocrity.
3. Popular matress size just above 'King'.
v.
1. To be horrible or just below terrible.
2. To totally kick ass to an extreme degree.
3. An effective mode of transportation, like riding a bike, but slower and just as fast.
"Wow Jimmy, you really thorax lawed my science project."
"Quick, we got to run to the hospital, grandma just got thorax lawed in the face!"
"If we don't give her a bucket, she'll just thorax law all over the carpet."
"It took me so long since I was thorax lawing all the way here."
"Quick, we got to run to the hospital, grandma just got thorax lawed in the face!"
"If we don't give her a bucket, she'll just thorax law all over the carpet."
"It took me so long since I was thorax lawing all the way here."
by tapo November 29, 2003
Get the thorax lawmug. Every traffic light must be red.
Every luck event must fail.
Every plan will be ruined.
Everything will go wrong.
(however, purely skill based events are excluded)
Every luck event must fail.
Every plan will be ruined.
Everything will go wrong.
(however, purely skill based events are excluded)
On the way to an amusement park, get stuck in traffic for over an hour, arrive at the park and wait in line to find the coaster is broken. Four times. Then lock belongings in locker and have a town-wide power outage.
~typical day thanks to the Law of Shen
~typical day thanks to the Law of Shen
by General of Darkness June 23, 2010
Get the Law of Shenmug. This law states that any Facebook user with a sizable friends list has at least one friend whose password is "123456" or "qwerty." Don't be this person.
by mrtthekingman November 23, 2009
Get the Gallipeau's Lawmug. Techies Law is a definition coined by Strictly-Software.com to describe a Murphies Law type scenario related to software development.
The law states that:
If you have spent considerable time trying to resolve a bug in your code, a technical problem or any other such computer related issue and you finally resort to asking for help from a colleague or support team member. You can be rest assured that when you go to show that person the problem in action it has miraculously resolved itself all by itself OR you will immediately spot the cause of the problem.
You are then derided for either being a numpty and / or wasting their precious time for no reason.
The law states that:
If you have spent considerable time trying to resolve a bug in your code, a technical problem or any other such computer related issue and you finally resort to asking for help from a colleague or support team member. You can be rest assured that when you go to show that person the problem in action it has miraculously resolved itself all by itself OR you will immediately spot the cause of the problem.
You are then derided for either being a numpty and / or wasting their precious time for no reason.
I just experienced Techies Law in action. After spending hours trying to debug some code I reluctantly called our lead developer over to help me but as soon as he arrived at my desk I immediately realised what the bug was. He called me a numpty.
I am going to utilise Techies Law by spending a third of the time I usually spend bug fixing before asking for help.
I am going to pray to the God of Geekdom that Techies Law will enact itself and fix my network connection for me by calling someone else over to have a look at the problem.
I am going to utilise Techies Law by spending a third of the time I usually spend bug fixing before asking for help.
I am going to pray to the God of Geekdom that Techies Law will enact itself and fix my network connection for me by calling someone else over to have a look at the problem.
by MonkeyMagix October 25, 2011
Get the Techies Lawmug.