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Hofstadter's Law

“Hofstadter's Law” is that things will always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law (which is that things will always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law).
Dude, I knew this job was gona take longer than I expected, so I quoted extra, but now it’s taking even longer than that.
Hofstadter's Law is screwing me over
Hofstadter's Law by cjbatz May 8, 2009

Leonard Hofstadter 

Sheldon Cooper's best friend and roommate on the show The Big Bang Theory. He is a man with godlike powers, as he is able to survive Sheldon's constant knack for annoying others to the extreme.
Leonard Hofstadter: Penny, you don't want to get into it with Sheldon. The guy's one lab accident away from being a super villain.

Penny Hofstadter 

She is the wife of Leonard Hofstader in Big Bang Theory and also has a bestie named Amy Farrah Fowler
Penny: Molecules
Leonard: Let’s go

Penny: to where?
Leonard: to my bed to remove everything on your body except those glasses
Me: (Has to include Penny Hofstadter)
Also Me: Damn it

hochstadt 

When a funny joke is made while the audience of the joke is laughing at the joke somebody says a similar joke to add on to it or say somethign similar which totally ruins the joke and makes it not funny anymore and ruins it.
Please do not hochstadt this joke.

That joke was funny until James hochstatded it.

Hochstadt 

an object that is circular and rotund in stature and form
"Hey, feel this ball. Does it feel
Hochstadt to you?"
Hochstadt by Alex Schoenbaum November 9, 2003