I know that you remember Murphy's Law, which said, "If anything can go wrong, it will." There are a thousand variations of that law, such as, "Buttered toast, when falling to the floor, will always fall face down." But it seems that one day in this particular house the toast fell to the floor, and to the amazement of the family, it landed buttered side up. Immediately the scientists were called in to analyze this. Did this really refute Murphy's Law, which said that "buttered toast, when it falls to the floor, will always fall buttered side down"?

The scientists secured the kitchen, told everybody not to touch anything. They took pictures and brought in their instruments, weighed and analyzed everything. They created a computer model, tested it. They reached the conclusion that Murphy's L…