Skip to main content

Murphy's Law of Spares

"If you buy just one of something, you will surely break it almost immediately, but if you buy one or more "spare" items to have "just in case", your "initial" item will miraculously escape damage no matter how many mishaps you endure, and thus those duplicate items will merely gather dust in the garage or at the back of your desk-drawer."
I have always tried to handle objects gently and carefully, but due to extreme forgetfulness and physical/mental/emotional infirmities, I tend to "be rough on my stuff" --- sitting/stepping on unobserved items, blundering into objects as I'm groggily stumbling to the bathroom in the middle of the night, soiling items or spilling/dropping stuff, etc., and so I occasionally attempt to "prepare for the future" by acquiring spares of the types of items which I typically seem to damage or break; only prob is that just as soon as I do "lay in for a rainy day" like that, the "currently-being-used" object that I had been procuring said spares for NEVER SEEMS TO ACTUALLY SUSTAIN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, and so all of those extras that I'd carefully tucked away just "sit there for decades"... talk about a classic case of "Murphy's Law of Spares"!
by QuacksO November 23, 2018
mugGet the Murphy's Law of Spares mug.

Brody Murphy

Fat bitch who argues with his fat sumo wrestler brother Kohan. He eats so much purple Doritos his family is going into debt and eats cheeseburgers lol o no
by Maxtonbutler November 26, 2023
mugGet the Brody Murphy mug.

aiden murphy

aiden murphy is a brick and i probably spelled his name wrong
by brick boi October 24, 2017
mugGet the aiden murphy mug.

Eddie murphy scary

The girl was scary like Eddie Murphy, especially when she got so serious, as she called it. She was Eddie Murphy scary.
by Solid Mantis February 8, 2021
mugGet the Eddie murphy scary mug.

Murphy

by shandoggg May 31, 2024
mugGet the Murphy mug.

MURPHY BROWN!

"MURPHY BROWN! What kind of call was that ref?", says Matt in disgust.
by Matt McCulley January 30, 2009
mugGet the MURPHY BROWN! mug.

Connor Murphy

A love-able bean who must be protected at all costs
Person A: who’s your favorite character from Dear Evan Hansen ?
Person B: Connor Murphy
by Your favorite lesbian January 24, 2022
mugGet the Connor Murphy mug.

Share this definition

Sign in to vote

We'll email you a link to sign in instantly.

Or

Check your email

We sent a link to

Open your email