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The Law of Murphy

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  1. Skylarker

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    LVG Blames this #legend



    Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal: "It is the law of Murphy, I think!'


    The Origin of Murphy's Law


    Murphy's Law
    : prov. The correct, original Murphy's Law reads: "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it." This is a principle of defensive design, cited here because it is usually given in mutant forms less descriptive of the challenges of design for lusers. For example, you don't make a two-pin plug symmetrical and then label it `THIS WAY UP'; if it matters which way it is plugged in, then you make the design asymmetrical.

    Edward A. Murphy, Jr. was one of the engineers on the rocket-sled experiments that were done by the U.S. Air Force in 1949 to test human acceleration tolerances (USAF project MX981). One experiment involved a set of 16 accelerometers mounted to different parts of the subject's body. There were two ways each sensor could be glued to its mount, and somebody methodically installed all 16 the wrong way around. Murphy then made the original form of his pronouncement, which the test subject (Major John Paul Stapp) quoted at a news conference a few days later.

    Within months `Murphy's Law' had spread to various technical cultures connected to aerospace engineering. Before too many years had gone by variants had passed into the popular imagination, changing as they went. Most of these are variants on "Anything that can go wrong, will"; this is sometimes referred to as Finagle's Law. The memetic drift apparent in these mutants clearly demonstrates Murphy's Law acting on itself!
     
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    I think you'll find you're wrong. He means this Murphy...

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    btw I hope this thread gets deleted, we have enough sh1t on here about Van Gaal without you adding to it <grr>
     
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    To be honest, blaming Eddie would be just as valid.

    #blameeddie
    #keepvangaalin
     
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    Anyway, I'm busy watching another **** team in Europe :bandit:
     
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    Could be this Murphy...

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    LVG "Dead or alive, you're being managed by me"
     
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    Is that UIR?
     
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    On a more serious note...

    http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...ball-news/louis-van-gaal-admits-fans-10913222

    He has complete contempt for the fans.

    And why does this c*nt always talk like he's a TV pundit reporting on the game. Everything he says is like it's nothing to do with him. You're the fckin bloke in charge. Don't say we're not playing well, it's up to you to make them play well. Don't say we have to do better, it's your job to make them to do better <doh>
     
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    Looking at his red face I think he means this ...............
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