Murphys LawThe chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
About This Quote
The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet. This quote is a play on the expression, "the world is round." The expression originated with Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. In his short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," Twain writes: "It was very dry and still—still as a Sunday in August in New England—when I reached Calaveras County. Not a breath of air stirred; not a leaf or a blade of grass moved; not so much as an ant crawled; not so much as a wheel revolved; not so much as an iron rustled.
It was most wonderful! I thought I had never before seen such complete and utter stagnation in all my life. I wondered what it meant, and went up to the house to see if anybody was there."
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