A virus with shoes from outer space.
What is the term for the concept that I can only describe as 'smoking a tab to make the bus come' ?
The performance of an act in order to make Sod's Law work in your favour. Or, if not in your favour then applying conceptual leverage in order to ensure the least unfavourable outcome.
Edit: ok, so it seems like I'm explaining this badly. Imagine, if you will, the act of going out for a potter. If you do not take a coat, it will rain. If you do take a coat, it will be warm and sunny. Loud and Muphy-tempting statements to all + sundry along the lines of 'Gosh I do hope it rains because the countryside smells so much nicer when damp' as you peer out of the window won't work...
... I believe I am quoting wholesale from 'Three men in a boat'.
The sensible answer is either a somewhat waterproof technical top, or not giving a flying bugger about getting a bit damp.
The performance of an act in order to make Sod's Law work in your favour. Or, if not in your favour then applying conceptual leverage in order to ensure the least unfavourable outcome.
Edit: ok, so it seems like I'm explaining this badly. Imagine, if you will, the act of going out for a potter. If you do not take a coat, it will rain. If you do take a coat, it will be warm and sunny. Loud and Muphy-tempting statements to all + sundry along the lines of 'Gosh I do hope it rains because the countryside smells so much nicer when damp' as you peer out of the window won't work...
... I believe I am quoting wholesale from 'Three men in a boat'.
The sensible answer is either a somewhat waterproof technical top, or not giving a flying bugger about getting a bit damp.