Some basic laws of Nature...

I would say these laws seem to be based on the mother of them all: Murphy's Law, which according to Wikipedia: ...is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong"...

I am coining the first three as The Mechanic's Curse...

LAW OF MECHANICAL REPAIR:
After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.
(Or the postman comes along with a registered letter which needs your acknowledgement.)
LAW OF THE WORKSHOP
Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
(Someone had come up with a metal stick which has a magnetic tip just for this purpose.)
LAW OF THE RESULT:
When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, it will!
( like when the car owner trying to prove to the mechanic.)


LAW OF TELEPHONE:
When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged one.
(But it has been proven that when someone you want to speak to in private, returns your call it is when your spouse is next to you!) This leads to the next law...

LAW OF ENCOUNTERS:
The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with.
(There is also the more likely chance of meeting someone you do not wish to meet, at the smallest of enclosure! There is a Chinese saying, “Yin kah lou chark” or 'enemies meeting each other when walking a narrow lane'.)

BATH THEOREM:
When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.
(Not much of a problem when there is nobody else at home! Just run to the phone. Or, if you had Caller Identification service, you can easily return call (that is, if you want to!)


LAW OF BIOMECHANICS:
The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
(The Chinese has a simple 'part khau yan' or 'no need to ask other's help' which is made of wood with the tip looking like a small hand.)

LAW OF THE ALIBI:
If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.

(karma for telling a lie in the first place?)

LAW OF QUEUE:
If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now.
(my wife has the tendency to take the old road with the slightest of traffic jam along the expressway, even though it might take twice the time!)

LAW OF COFFEE:
As soon as you sit down for a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.
(You could have been busy all day in the absence of your boss!)

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