Post by magnum4342 on Oct 2, 2015 14:44:18 GMT -6
Murphy the Modeler's law states:
1. If the engine block halves line up, the transmission halves.. will not.
2. Even though you dropped that small part in your lap, it somehow ricocheted from there and wound up forcing you to tip your easy chair over to retrieve it.
3. If you drop a freshly glued part (prior to placement) over the carpet, it WILL land glue side down.
4. If you drop a freshly glued part prior to placement over a tile or wood floor, it will bounce a couple times.. and land glue side down. Apparently the atomic weight of glue is way greater than that of styrene. I'd run some tests, but my TARDIS is just a painting on the wall.
5. The hobby shop owner never get's chatty until AFTER you've made a purchase. At this point he becomes a mine shaft of useless (to you anyway) information.
6. Sixty percent of all new kit purchasers, do a quick grok of the kit in their car, starting with breaking the cellophane at the first available red light. Forty seven percent of these people will have an accident.
7. Nothing is insurmountable. Except maybe for getting a kit finished.
8. Fifty percent of men's wives, decide to join them in their hobby. Ninety percent of those marriages will end in divorce, giving birth to the term "Hobby Widow".
9. If your cats enjoy stealing your parts and playing with them, odds are they can be found within three days under the refrigerator.
10. Murphy the Modeler will always tell you with a whisper in your ear "It's time to put the model down and get some rest". Most of us will never hear him, much less listen.
I'm quite certain, after calculating all the variables, that 62% of you don't believe in statistics. I believe if you can get two for one at a half price sale, You should be able to get one for half at a two for one sale. I think there should be a book on tape entitled "Chritopher Walken reads Dr. Seuss". TELL me you don't want to hear that! I think you can lead a horse to water, sure, but you better be strong and damned determined if you want to drown him. And finally, I would like to give praise to the man at the Alamo, who was smart enough to say "You watch out the front door.. I'll go out the back and run for help!"
So how many more Murphy's modeling laws can we get on here guys?
1. If the engine block halves line up, the transmission halves.. will not.
2. Even though you dropped that small part in your lap, it somehow ricocheted from there and wound up forcing you to tip your easy chair over to retrieve it.
3. If you drop a freshly glued part (prior to placement) over the carpet, it WILL land glue side down.
4. If you drop a freshly glued part prior to placement over a tile or wood floor, it will bounce a couple times.. and land glue side down. Apparently the atomic weight of glue is way greater than that of styrene. I'd run some tests, but my TARDIS is just a painting on the wall.
5. The hobby shop owner never get's chatty until AFTER you've made a purchase. At this point he becomes a mine shaft of useless (to you anyway) information.
6. Sixty percent of all new kit purchasers, do a quick grok of the kit in their car, starting with breaking the cellophane at the first available red light. Forty seven percent of these people will have an accident.
7. Nothing is insurmountable. Except maybe for getting a kit finished.
8. Fifty percent of men's wives, decide to join them in their hobby. Ninety percent of those marriages will end in divorce, giving birth to the term "Hobby Widow".
9. If your cats enjoy stealing your parts and playing with them, odds are they can be found within three days under the refrigerator.
10. Murphy the Modeler will always tell you with a whisper in your ear "It's time to put the model down and get some rest". Most of us will never hear him, much less listen.
I'm quite certain, after calculating all the variables, that 62% of you don't believe in statistics. I believe if you can get two for one at a half price sale, You should be able to get one for half at a two for one sale. I think there should be a book on tape entitled "Chritopher Walken reads Dr. Seuss". TELL me you don't want to hear that! I think you can lead a horse to water, sure, but you better be strong and damned determined if you want to drown him. And finally, I would like to give praise to the man at the Alamo, who was smart enough to say "You watch out the front door.. I'll go out the back and run for help!"
So how many more Murphy's modeling laws can we get on here guys?
