Life on the West Island - The Laws of Life

28 August 2023

Life on the West Island readers might relate to these 19 “Laws of Life” recently sent to us by our North American office:

1. Law of Mechanical Repair
- After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.

2. Law of Gravity
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Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible place in the universe.

3. Law of Probability
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The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

4. Law of Random Numbers
- If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal; someone always answers.

5. Variation Law
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If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now.

6. Law of the Bath
- When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

7. Law of Close Encounters
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The probability of meeting someone you know INCREASES dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.

8. Law of the Result
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When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, IT WILL!

9. Law of Biomechanics
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The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

10. Law of the Theatre
- At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle, always arrive last. The aisle people also are very surly folk.


11. The Coffee Law
- As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, someone will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

12. Murphy's Law of Lockers
- If there are only 2 people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

13. Law of Physical Surfaces
- The chances of an open-faced jam sandwich landing face down on a floor are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug.


14. Law of Logical Argument
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Anything is possible IF you don't know what you are talking about.


15. Law of Physical Appearance
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If the clothes fit, they're ugly.


16. Law of Public Speaking
- A closed mouth gathers no feet.


17. Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy
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As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it or the store will stop selling it!


18. Doctors' Law
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If you don't feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there, you'll feel better. But don't make an appointment and you'll stay sick.

19.The Law of Television Entertainment

- As soon as you find a television program that you really like, it will be cancelled.

These may not actually be laws to live by, but at least perhaps they might help you to cope with the everyday dilemmas of life on the West Island, or anywhere else for that matter!