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One of my favorite Murphy’s Laws is this: any tool dropped while fixing a car will roll underneath to the car’s geometric center.

There’s another law of auto repair that I have often observed, though I’m not sure Murphy has catalogued it: Any time you approach a locked door with something heavy in one hand (like my toolbox, today, for example), your keys will always be in the pocket on that side. It doesn’t matter if you habitually place them in the opposite pocket. Somehow, the Murphy node in your brain decides which hand you will carry the heavy item in and simultaneously chooses that hand for pocketing your keys.

This rule is near infallible for heavy automotive items, but is just as reliable for an unwieldy bag of groceries or anything fragile.

Thanks Murphy!

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