posted May 27, 2005 01:20 AM         

1. Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair:
After your hands become coated with
grease, your nose will begin to itch.

2. Anthony's Law of the Workshop:
Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the
least accessible corner.

3. Kovac's Conundrum:
When you dial a wrong number, you never
get a busy tone.

4. Cannon's Karmic Law:
If you tell the boss you were late for
work because you had a flat tyre, the
next morning you will have a flat tyre.

5. O'brien's Variation Law:
If you change queues, the one you have
left will start to move faste than the
one you are in now.

6. Bell's Theorem:
When the body is immersed in water, the
telephone rings.

7. Ruby's Principle of Close Encounters:
The probability of meeting someone you
know increases when you are with someone
you don't want to be seen -with.

8. Willoughby's Law:
When you try to prove to someone that a
machine won't work, it will.

9. Zadra's Law of Biomechanics:
The severity of the itch is inversely
proportional to the reach.

10. Breda's Rule:
At any event, the people whose seats
are furthest from the aisle arrive
last.

11. Owen's Law:
As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot
coffee, your boss will ask you to do
something which will last until the
coffee is cold.

12. Howden's Law:
You remember you have to mail a letter
only when you're near the mailbox.

And the last and best :