Comments on: 5 Rules of Thumb and Their Inventors

By: Medic Dave

Medic Dave — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:49:09 +0000

Is there a name for the law of: you must be 2 % smarter than the equipment you work with?

By: Gwan

Gwan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:12:45 +0000

I recently came across the delightful “Muphry’s Law”, that says anyone who corrects the grammar or spelling of others will inevitably make a grammatical or spelling error of their own.

By: Rick Vosper

Rick Vosper — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:21:39 +0000

Actually, almost every major move in football (soccer) is named for its originator/exponent. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coerver_Method. For some spectacular videos of kids as young as 6 doing Kruyf, Maradona, PÃ©le and other moves, see http://www.coerver.com/index.php/

By: cainmark

cainmark — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:16:04 +0000

@Wilson. That’s Sturgeon’s law. Science Fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon said 90% of everything is crap.

By: Hastings

Hastings — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:06:07 +0000

@partially deflected
I heard that statstic was 73.7… ;-)

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:16:03 +0000

Can’t remember if this one has a name: “54.7% of statistics are made up”

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:12:41 +0000

At work, I will often use Hanlon’s Razor: “Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be attributed to stupidity.” It helps maintain good relations with co-workers.

By: Wilson

Wilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:37:40 +0000

I wonder who came up with the observation that “80% of everything sucks”. (The percentage may vary with the source.)

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:06:41 +0000

Adding onto SlackJacks post about Bob’s law (woman’s hair/age) – how about the Drapes corrolary (sometimes called the Curtains Corrolary). That is, the carpet should always match the drapes (or curtains).

Also, the Man Shoe Principle. That is, the length of a mans shoe is directly proportional to the length of a mans…….foot.

Of course, these are jokes.

By: Steve M

Steve M — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:53:21 +0000

Lowerey’s Law: If it jams force it. If it breaks it needed replacing anyway.