It isn't a myth - the phone really does ring as soon as you get into the bath and you are much more likely to spill something down your new clothes just before you go on a first date.Now scientists have come up with a formula for the phenomenon known as Sod's Law:
((U+C+I) x (10-S)/20 x A x 1/(1-sin(F/10)).
The theory was formed after an economist,psychologist and mathematcian,commissioned by British Gas,looked at the experiences of 1,000 people and examined five factors - Urgency (U),Complexity (C),Importance (I),Skill (S) and Frequency (F) - to show that if something goes wrong it will go wrong at the worst possible time.They applied a score of between one and nine to each factor,added a 0.7 score for aggravation (A) and then used the formula to find a Sod's Law rating of between 0 and 10.
What are the chances of that?
[Metro Oct. 2004]
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