Just for Phing

Wan Phing has a long post on various laws of the universe including how when you switch lanes you always feel like you're moving slower. That's actually been scientifically tested! Article is here.

There are other natural laws that she has failed to catalogue, such as:

First law of the bathroom: If I decide to go wash up, I will need to return to my room at least once to get my towel, toothbrush, toothpaste or rubber duck.

Second law of the bathroom: On a day when I don't immediately have something to do in the morning, I will wake up to Eric's singing in the shower, heralding a half-hour of wait, during which time I will sleep for too long to both shower and eat breakfast.

Third law of the bathroom: If I do have something important to do, Eric will still be in the shower, and I will go downstairs to wash up and have a shower there, Keenan will walk into the shower while I'm brushing my teeth and I will wait for him, give up, walk back upstairs to find that Eric was done but Rashid's already taken his place...

Xmas Eve birthday law: Nobody is free for my birthday parties because they're all at Church.
Corollary: My birthday parties have to be a few days early but people are practicing stuff for Mass so they still can't come.

Sue-Mae's law: No matter how much you and other people plan to meet up with her during her breaks, she has homework and stuff she hasn't planned for so she's too busy.

Wan Phing's "Law of the Result" generalized to include people: When you think something isn't going to happen due to a defect of that which should make it happen, it will happen, making you feel guilty - instance: Nicole and bf were looking for an auto repair shop (or something similar) in North Adams, so we suggested asking Amber since she lives there, but due to blurness and possibly girlishness, she'd probably not be able to tell them. When asked, she knew exactly.

McGyver's law: Things belonging to me will deteriorate, forcing me to cobble together solutions from any available materials, which then deteriorate, forcing me to keep up a fair bit of maintenance. Eg: My window shade stopped working so I wiggled it around repeatedly which temporarily restored function. Then this failed, so I attached my library yoyo to work as a cord to raise it, which was sort of troublesome but worked. Finally I got frustrated with this, wrapped the cord around one end and jammed it in the socket, restoring full functionality. I also have a doorstop made of scotch tape and part of a cardboard box, made necessary by my detergent bottle becoming too light to hold my door in place.

Law of laws: All these laws aren't really all that true, but they're funny, and have occurred in isolated instances to a lower degree than stated. Including this one.

Also, I lied about the rubber duck. I never forget that.

Because I don't have one.

Really.