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1More like the extended version, which adds "and at the worst possible time".Barmar– Barmar2025-11-28 14:59:42 +00:00Commented 2 days ago
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@Barmar Was only aware of Murphy's Law. Thanks. Have added the extended version.Suhail Nazir Khan– Suhail Nazir Khan2025-11-28 15:04:54 +00:00Commented 2 days ago
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2@Dove More of an empirical observation, which is used in these types of situations. If you're looking for a proverb, when it rains, it pours is s close fit to the situations in the question.Suhail Nazir Khan– Suhail Nazir Khan2025-11-28 15:20:45 +00:00Commented 2 days ago
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1@SuhailNazirKhan If you click on the votes figure you will see you have no downvotes (as at the time of this comment, anyway). Someone may have retracted an upvote.Andrew Leach– Andrew Leach ♦2025-11-28 15:28:16 +00:00Commented 2 days ago
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2An epigram for 'when one bad thing happens it causes a chain -reaction of bad things has already been closed as a duplicate. The only argument for this question being different is the 'hurrying leading to even more wasted time' factor, which would need addressing directly ... Murphy's Law is too general here.Edwin Ashworth– Edwin Ashworth2025-11-28 16:24:03 +00:00Commented 2 days ago
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