Posted by Shae on May 16, 2003
In Reply to: Re: Murphys Law - Sorry went in twice again, dunno why it does that! posted by Lotg on May 16, 2003
: : I know what it means - if anything can go wrong it will, it's Murphy's Law. But why Murphy? Who was Murphy? Where & when did this come from?
According to the website below, he was 'Capt. Edward A. Murphy, an engineer working on [US] Air Force Project MX981, (a project) designed to see how much sudden deceleration a person can stand in a crash,' in 1949.
http://www.edwards.af.mil/history/docs_html/tidbits/murphy's_law.html