Sod’s Law
humorous axiom

- a humorous axiom that states, "If anything can go wrong, it will."

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WORD ORIGIN

Apart from describing an unpleasant or annoying person, the British term sod is applied to people for whom one feels sympathy (The poor old sod is sick again) and often implies that the person is experiencing a bit of bad luck. Thus Sod’s Law is an appropriate name for the adage "If anything can go wrong, it will."

The U.S. equivalent is Murphy’s Law, the origin of which can be traced to American aerospace engineer Edward Murphy.

Examples of other "laws" are:

- Murphy's 2nd Law: If something did not go wrong, it probably would have been better if it had
- Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
- Dilbert's Law: The most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management.
- Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.
- Law of Gravity: 
Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
- Law of Probability
: The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
- Law of the Bath: When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.
- Variation Law: If you change traffic lanes, the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now.

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SMUGGLE OWAD into a conversation
say something like:

"SOD'S LAW in action: Beethoven losing his hearing in his 20s, or drummer Rick Allen losing an arm in a car crash".