Date:  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 10:18:38 +0000
From:  Duane Campbell <dcamp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EPIX.NET>
Subject: Re: Murphy's Law -- 1949

Dan Goodman wrote:
>
>  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."

I heard it with even greater specificity in mid to late 1950s. As I
first learned it: That which is likely to happen and beneficial will
not happen, while that which is unlikely and detrimental will.


Duane Campbell
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