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April 11, 2012 at 8:05 am · Filed under Questions

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something
that’s falling off the table
you always manages to knock something else over?

13 Comments »

  1. Rummuser said,

    April 11, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    Because, as we age, we become bulls and cows in china shops.

  2. Ursula said,

    April 11, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    It’s called Sod’s law, Grannymar. That’s why I don’t count my eggs: They will be scrambled before I’ve finished.

    U

  3. Mayo said,

    April 11, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    This is easy–don’t put your table in a china shop.

  4. Delirious said,

    April 11, 2012 at 4:28 pm

    I always thought that was called Murphy’s law. :)

  5. wisewebwoman said,

    April 11, 2012 at 6:59 pm

    And the something else is always more valuable than the first.
    XO
    WWW

  6. blackwatertown said,

    April 11, 2012 at 8:04 pm

    Ever tried tying a cat to a piece of jam on bread? Nature gets confused trying to work out which takes precedence - cat landing on its feet or bread jam-side down.

  7. Grannymar said,

    April 11, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    Ramana - This ould cow has enough problems at home without going anywhere near a china shop.

    Ursula - Thankfully it was nothing breakable, more like the proverbial dominoes.

  8. Grannymar said,

    April 11, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    Mayo - I would need a toyboy to lift my table!

    Delirious - Murphy and sod are first cousins! ;)

  9. Grannymar said,

    April 11, 2012 at 11:38 pm

    WWW - Very true.

    BWT - Now I have a stitch from laughing. That sounds like something my brothers might have tried, if we had a cat all those years ago.

  10. The Old Fossil said,

    April 12, 2012 at 1:20 am

    It is because the first thing going was karma. Since catching it did not satisfy your karmic debt, the second item has to go.

  11. Grannymar said,

    April 12, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    Foss - I think my cousin Karma was out that day! ;)

  12. Alice said,

    April 12, 2012 at 6:18 pm

    I thought it was called Murphy’s law: if something can get worse, it will. Guess it depends on what you knock over in the effort.

  13. Grannymar said,

    April 12, 2012 at 6:23 pm

    Alice - It depends where you are both mean the same thing.

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