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Lawrence's Law

A Corollary to Murphy's Law indicating that Captain Murphy had an optimistic outlook on life when he derived his famous law.

Murphy's Law states that anything which can go wrong, will go wrong.

Lawrence's Law states that everything will find a way to go wrong.

First proposed in 1990 at Argonne National Laboratory after the unexpected failure of a particle accelerator
Not only did we have a missle failure due to the fuel cut-off override, which was predicted with a 5% probability of occuring, The payload also struck a goose, which had a 0% probability of occurring, an example of Lawrence's Law at work.
Lawrence's Law by richardttu April 17, 2009
Words you can keep

lawrence lawrence 

Someone who is disliked/unpopular.

Term origination from Lawrencio the Greek god of misfortune, in Greece to emphasise words they will repeate them (unfortunate unfortunate instead of very unfortunate)
"She's a Lawrence Lawrence, I feel bad for her"

lawrence lawrence 

Lawrence Lawrence: A person who is often bullied, abused or made fun of.

Origin: Originating from Lawrencios the Greek god of dis fortune
"I feel bad for Olivia, she's such a Lawrence Lawrence" Morgan said in a sarcastic monotone

Lawrence Albert Connor 

Gay ass pedophile who was pegged in the butt by Lanni Barbie. He loves to smear Frank Jameson as a mental defective, when Frank isn’t. Lawrence is extremely stubborn, and has been known for being rude towards his own fans.
“Dude, did you see the porno where Lawrence Albert Connor got pegged in the bum?”
Lawrence Albert Connor by rahal July 29, 2020

David Lawrence Jr. K-8 Center 

The worst school in North Miami, Florida. The staff isn't good. The teachers are horrible. The lunch is disgusting. This school is EXTREMELY unsanitary (there are roaches and rats everywhere in this school). The electives are horrible (ex: Peer Counseling). There are no teams nor clubs. There are fights pretty much everyday. It's a bad school overall.
You go to David Lawrence Jr. K-8 Center? That school is so bad.

johnny Lawrence

*you look up daddy in a dictionary* and a picture of Johnny Lawrence from the Netflix series cobra Kai comes up
johnny Lawrence by Skeleton_fag January 23, 2021

lawrence 

A very tall and handsome boy. Very funny and has a good heart. Is known for having a large penis...supposedly. Is very intelligent and has a huge head. He's the best person you'll ever meet and is a joy to be around. Very popular and is well-liked. Can be absent minded but can give great advice. Always keeps it real.
wow that guy is so cool he must be a lawrence.
lawrence by the realest golden kid November 7, 2017
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