"You can stroll a store's aisles till Doomsday and never spot da item you want, but then, just as soon as you interrupt a staffperson to ask for help in locating said desirable, THAT'S when you will notice your sought-after item right off!"
While stocking up on food at a Super Walmart, I was looking for larger packages of Armour Vienna sausage so that I could save a few cents per can, but although I had thoroughly searched the surrounding areas on the shelves, I still hadn't found anything bigger than the small six-packs, so I finally asked a nearby employee if there were any of the larger packages in stock, possibly in the back room. Well, just as we were both walking back to the area of the aisle where I'd been looking, THAT'S when I finally spied the 12-packs that were sitting on the very top shelf! Guess that was a classic case of Murphy's Law of Customer-Assistance... ah, well, again, the 12-packs were indeed sitting very high up, so at least that was a plausible excuse for my not having seen them before, especially since the store usually doesn't even expect its customers to notice stuff that's placed 'way up there, anyway; that "lofty" location is merely where they store extra merchandise for replenishing the lower-down shelves when the stock there starts to run low.
by QuacksO May 15, 2019
by drgymy November 21, 2012
verb i.e. to be murphied, when someone sells you out to make you look bad in front of the opposite sex, thereby gaining an advantage for himself. Name after the tactics inventor, believed to be an irishman, from the cork area.
Person A: I was totally going to score with that hot girl until my friend came over and told her I already had a girlfriend.
Person B: He really Murphied you
Person B: He really Murphied you
by withheld, for safety reasons February 15, 2007
"What on earth do you mean they're calling themselves 'Sigma Males'?"
"Murphy's second law. They exist."
"Murphy's second law. They exist."
by waddlemarco July 01, 2021
by Matt McCulley January 30, 2009
it was by murphy's grace that our whole family didn't perish in that midnight fire while we were all asleep
I fell off a mountain but was saved by murphy's grace
I fell off a mountain but was saved by murphy's grace
by pepsipanda December 04, 2018
The cheesiest (and I mean THE FREAKIN CHEESIEST) but also the sweetest boyfriend a girl could ask for.
Rando: Hey, what are you and Aidan Michael Murphy.
Girl (or hector): Oh ya, we are dating, I am so lucky to have Aidan Michael Murphy.
Rando: Damn I really want a Aidan Michael Murphy
Girl (or hector): Oh ya, we are dating, I am so lucky to have Aidan Michael Murphy.
Rando: Damn I really want a Aidan Michael Murphy
by bowieeatshisbootyinfrontofyou December 08, 2020