No, this is not about proving 'Robocop' right. Its the other Murphy; the one who comes to mind when something goes wrong - something that an incredibly small portion of your mind always told you, will.
I wonder if it is only me or many blessed souls out there, who constantly get this feeling that we are amongst the select few who happen to prove Murphy and his much publicised findings right all the time. Well, most of the times. Taking a classic example - after much deliberation, I think of a flawless shot to pocket a coloured ball while playing a frame of snooker. I have worked out the angles better than what Euclid could even begin to imagine. I have worked out the velocity of the cue ball to such an insane precision that Newton would have personally handed me the famous apple for it. With all this engineering in place, I play the much thought out shot only to see the cue ball disappear down the unfathomable depths of one of the table pockets. Why? Oh, yes. The geometry that I applied to picture the angle before I played the shot conveniently ignored the red ball, snoozing ridiculously near the target of my attention, and its evil effects. This was enough the make my opponent accept 4 points for a foul with a wide grin. But then again, a small part of me had this strange feeling - what if I hit the red ball by mistake?
