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Murphy's Law of Garage Sales

"The desirability of and/or your need for an item at a garage sale will be in direct inverse proportion to the likelihood of your actually being able to purchase it."

The four most common/infuriating occasions when Murphy's Law of Garage Sales holds true:
(1) A desired item is something that's just stored in the family's garage; it’s not one of the items for sale.
(2) The item has already been sold, and the homeowner is just “holding” it till the buyer gets back with either the money or a vehicle to transport the item to his own home.
(3) The item is too expensive, and the seller will not budge on the price. (Note: this is not always an "all hope is lost" situation --- you may have at least two additional options. First, try coming back again later in the day to see if the item is still unsold --- if YOU think that the item is overpriced, then most OTHER yard-sailers may think so, too, and so nobody else may have bought the item yet, either, giving you a second crack at possibly purchasing it at a reduced price, especially since by now the seller may likely feel a bit "desperate" to get rid of it. And second, have a glance at the trash-heap out front of the person’s house that evening --- sometimes unsold yard-sale items will simply be tossed out, and so you can then get them for free.)
(4) The item is something that you would logically want to test out first to make sure it operates satisfactorily, but there is no hookup for electricity/water/telephone/internet/antenna/audio/video at the site of the sale, and the stubborn owner will not allow you to either bring the item into his house or temporarily take it somewhere else to test it.

by QuacksO August 1, 2018


Gunnar Murphy

A dude who should really go to mizzou. Like for real. Go there.

Hey Gunnar Murphy! Go to mizzou. Go to mizzou. Go to mizzou.

by Nightfyl September 19, 2023


adam murphy

A nice folk with a large and round ass

Ur grannies skin fade is such an adam Murphy

by Karlcockmccleave February 13, 2018


Eddie Murphied

To unknowingly have sex with a man who passes for a woman

Dave: I got so drunk last night I slept with an ugly prostitute!

Ron: That was a man dude, you got Eddie Murphied

by NeighborhoodWriterman January 12, 2022


brett murphy

Brett Murphy is another word for someone who goes on corn hub all day

Yo man, stop being a Brett Murphy.

by Cornhub user 42069 April 30, 2016


A Murphy

Winning the cumulative prize in a work office pool while claiming to only be a porn fluffer during college for the money. Is best known from the Buns of Steel videos. Sings impromptu lyrics to Beast of Burden chorus by The Rolling Stones like a champion.

Did you hear about the guy at work that won? He pulled A Murphy.

by Fat Brown Pandas October 29, 2018


Murphy's Law of Bolt-Loosening

"You can heave and strain on da wrench till Doomsday and never get a stubborn bolt loosened, but then just as soon as you ask a stronger --- and probably very busy himself --- person to come and help, DAT'S when da blasted bolt actually WILL yield, either when you give a final demonstrative yank on da wrench to show da second person how supposedly stuck da bolt is, or when he himself hauls back on da wrench and said previously-cranky bolt unscrews with little effort on his part, indicating dat your OWN last tug actually HAD cracked it free after all, and so if you had 'just given it one more go' yourself, you actually COULD have gotten da bolt out on your own, without having to interrupt your now-ears-smokingly-annoyed-at-being-needlessly-called-away colleague in da first place."

I wonder if da inventor of da impact wrench had originally felt prompted to do so due to his having frequently encountered Murphy's Law of Bolt-Loosening???

by QuacksO February 14, 2023