A cynical axiom cited by workers when bad luck strikes a project. It dictates that a dropped screw will always fall into the most inaccessible crevice, or that a machine will only break down when the backup is already in the shop. It is the British equivalent of Murphy's law.
Heard on the job
I finally bought the expensive waterproof boots, and we haven't had rain in a month. Sod's law in action.
Also heard as
- Murphy's law