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Murphy's Law of Exceptions

"You can follow an 'unpopular' method or procedure 'till da cows come home' and nothing unusual will ever happen to 'justify' or 'vindicate' your unorthodox actions (and you'll likely get continually criticized by others for your chosen behavior), but then the ONE TIME when you eventually 'cave' and actually DO happen to follow the 'standard' or 'acceptable' protocol, THAT'S the solitary 'rogue occasion' when disaster will happen to strike --- something really bad will happen that would not have occurred if you had simply continued to follow your own 'pet' procedure that had seemed better/safer to begin with!"
My "super-long-term-driving-experienced" aunt had gotten fed up with my "back-seat driver" attempts to be helpful by telling her about vehicles that I'd see moving around fairly near our position when we'd be travelling someplace in her car, and so she had eventually asked me to just keep quiet and let here handle the driving herself. Well, of course, within a day or two, Murphy's Law of Exceptions decided to turn and bite me in da butt --- due to a view-obstructing sidewalk-mounted ad-sign, my aunt didn't notice an approaching car, but I did... naturally, that was the ONE TIME that I **didn't** tell her about it because she'd specifically asked me to keep my trap shut on instances like that, and so I'd ASSUMED (there's that word again!) that she'd observed the vehicle bearing down on the intersection. Well, as you might expect, we crashed, and there were multiple injuries in the other car! Can't win...!
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Murphy Law

Murphy's law dictates that all can go wrong eventually will.
Julie is such a living representation of Murphy law.
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Mailman Murphy

A character from the video game comedy web series, Lil T. He is Kirkville’s mailman. He is very easy going and gets along with all the main characters in the series. He’s iconic in the fandom, as he’s the fan favorite of the Lil T series.
Jakob: MAILMAN MURPHY?!?
Mailman Murphy: Sup dawgs!
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Mrs. Nellie Murphy

Auld wan in pink who does mad poetry at Electric Picnic, tells stories in mad places and does the matchmaking at the Father Ted Festival. Mad buzzer for an auld wan.
Saw Mrs. Nellie Murphy spinning yarns at The Bog Cottage when I was off me tits.
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Murphy Family

The trio of the Murphy Family, Dunbar the unibrow, Wyatt the fucked up hair in the back, and Ditzell the birthmark/mole that pusses out nasty shit. A pretty sick fucking family if you ask me
by raspersnacks May 21, 2011
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Scruffy Murphy

Tee-bagging a hairy attorney.
Man, I gave Dave a Scruffy Murphy, and he loved it.
by Anharris May 23, 2017
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Joe Murphy

A ginger-haired person from Ireland and loves playing Csgo Delta. In his free time, he watches fortnite anime 24/7.
by Tiptoehippo1 March 4, 2021
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