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Old 12-May-2008, 11:40
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Default Murphys Law

Dear Teachers,

While reading an article about Murphys Law, i just found some expressions unclear to me :

You're sitting in eight lanes of bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Idiom :
Welcome to the aggravating world of Murphy's Law. This idiom says that whatever can go wrong will go wrong. And it may just be right. This isn't because of some mysterious power the law possesses. In reality, it's us who give Murphy's Law relevance. When life goes well, little is made of it. After all, we expect that things should work out in our favor. But when things go badly, we look for reasons.

could anybody help me explain the underlined sentences please ?

thanks in advance
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