A friend and I were discussing Murphy's Law the other day and it got me thinking about things that always seem to happen to me that absolutely drive me nuts. The law basically postulates that "anything that can go wrong, will." At least that's how we see it due to what is called our 'perceived perversity of the universe'. lol
I came up with quite a few that happen to me and drive me bonkers:
Whenever I'm in a serious hurry, my taxi will take 25 minutes to show up. Then when it does, the driver is so inept he couldn't find his way out of a paper bag. Of course when you're not in a rush, the cab will arrive 3 minutes after you call.
When you're at the drugstore and you bump into someone you know, you'll be carrying something embarrassing like Monistat, preparation- h (I use it on my face - really!), or a rectal syringe. (that happened to me once.
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When I look really fantastic (great hair day, face looks radiant, eyes look bright etc.) I won't see anyone I know (or at least no one who matters). When I look awful (frizzy hair, dark circles under my eyes, etc.) I'll bump into an ex-boyfriend or that really hot guy....
See above. When I look great, I get no bookings or worse, i get cancellations. It seems like the days I look my worst are the days when I get a lot of requests for appts. or when I've got that big dinner date booked. :-(
Business will be reaaallllly dead for a while then I'll get 3 different guys all requesting a date for 9 pm on Friday. aaarrrggghhh
When I'm hangin' at the bar at the airport and having a great conversation, my plane will board exactly on time. When the plane is two hours late, there's no one interesting to talk to.
I'll make an incredible dinner for myself (no I'm not being modest haha) and as soon as I sit down to eat it, the phone rings. Or my sister shows up with a pizza.
When I'm watching Jeopardy alone I'll get most of the questions right but when there's people around I turn into an idiot. I've always wanted to try out for Jeopardy but I''ll probably make all the way to the show and then end up int the hole $5000. I always feel sorry for those people - you know they must be smart to make it that far and then tjey just fall apart. LOL
Any other ones that bug you?
I came up with quite a few that happen to me and drive me bonkers:
Whenever I'm in a serious hurry, my taxi will take 25 minutes to show up. Then when it does, the driver is so inept he couldn't find his way out of a paper bag. Of course when you're not in a rush, the cab will arrive 3 minutes after you call.
When you're at the drugstore and you bump into someone you know, you'll be carrying something embarrassing like Monistat, preparation- h (I use it on my face - really!), or a rectal syringe. (that happened to me once.
)When I look really fantastic (great hair day, face looks radiant, eyes look bright etc.) I won't see anyone I know (or at least no one who matters). When I look awful (frizzy hair, dark circles under my eyes, etc.) I'll bump into an ex-boyfriend or that really hot guy....
See above. When I look great, I get no bookings or worse, i get cancellations. It seems like the days I look my worst are the days when I get a lot of requests for appts. or when I've got that big dinner date booked. :-(
Business will be reaaallllly dead for a while then I'll get 3 different guys all requesting a date for 9 pm on Friday. aaarrrggghhh
When I'm hangin' at the bar at the airport and having a great conversation, my plane will board exactly on time. When the plane is two hours late, there's no one interesting to talk to.
I'll make an incredible dinner for myself (no I'm not being modest haha) and as soon as I sit down to eat it, the phone rings. Or my sister shows up with a pizza.
When I'm watching Jeopardy alone I'll get most of the questions right but when there's people around I turn into an idiot. I've always wanted to try out for Jeopardy but I''ll probably make all the way to the show and then end up int the hole $5000. I always feel sorry for those people - you know they must be smart to make it that far and then tjey just fall apart. LOL
Any other ones that bug you?
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