[Ads-l] Fw: Murphy's Law

[Bill Mullins]

>   Has this early version been cited yet?  I tried searching the archives for "Engineering
>   News" and didn't come across it.
>
>   1878 Engineering News 23 May 162/2
>
>   It is found that anything that can go wrong at sea generally does go wrong sooner or
>   later, so it is not to be wondered that owners prefer the safe to the scientific.

And, it turns out, this can be slightly antedated, and has been previously cited here by Stephen Goranson.

https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2016-January/140271.html

So, as Emily Litella used to say, "Never mind."

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