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Re: Just the facts
Posted By: Brunnen-G, on host 210.55.116.33
Date: Wednesday, October 6, 1999, at 13:37:21
In Reply To: Re: Just the facts posted by Darien on Wednesday, October 6, 1999, at 00:32:19:

> > > 5. Murphy's Law wasn't named after Murphy. It was named after another
> > > Irishman with the same name.
> >
> > Actually, it was named after an American with the same name, but the point still holds.
>
> Oh? I always thought it was named after a different American with the same name as the Irishman but not the same name as that first American.


No, no. I've just looked this up. It was named after a Taiwanese guy called Law. Nobody knows where the "Murphy" part came from.

Brunnen-G

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