Murphy's law strikes again!
 

So amazingly enough for once Purolater had perfect delivery timing and came with my parcel shortly after I got home :biggrin: Couldn't believe my luck of actually being home to receive it! Then I opened my parcel to find vitamin supplements for dogs instead of the fish tank heater I had ordered?!?!?! Not sure how petsmart made that big of a leap but at least they said they will refund my money and I can keep the dog vitamins. Much would of preferred the heater though :neutral:

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Anyone else got some interesting Murphy law stories? Share them here :biggrin:

Lol Maybe they had one too many at lunch like those Chrysler workers!!

LOL now thats just silly... like... I can't even imagine how that happened...

"oh look, a fish tank heater order"

"lets see....dog vitamins! close enough!"

Like wtf! hahaha

That's interesting. Anybody wants to order an Ipad from BestBuy? You might get sent 5 of them :biggrin:

That is hilarious, and disturbing at the same time :lol:

Last night's water change could have gone better.
I have the cord for a power head threaded through an enlarged hole in the egg crate cover. So in order to remove the egg crate to get in and clean the tank I need to thread the plug back through the hole. As I am attempting to do this, the middle of the cord fell onto one of my large clams which promptly snapped close on the cable. I patiently wait for him to open up enough so I can remove the cable and get the egg crate off the tank, but every time I try he snaps shut again. I finally move on and try to do the cleaning from the other half of the tank and let him chew on the cable all night if he wants!

Next, I decide to clean the inside part of the exterior portion of my overflow box with a sponge pad. I get it clean, and head down to the basement to add the new water to the sump. I add enough so that the intake can draw water and restart the return pump. I have most of it added and the water is returning to the sump from the display so I figure everything is fine and add the rest. I start fiddling with something else and after a few minutes I realize that I can no longer hear the water splashing into the sump from the display tank. Upstairs I go to see whats up, and of course I have a beautiful waterfall cascading down the side of the tank. I dash back downstairs and yank the cord on the pump, and go back to investigate what the problem is. My wonderful wife and heard my "language" from the kitchen and was already mopping up with towels. Anyways, turns out I had left the sponge pad on the edge of the overflow box, and of course it ended up IN the overflow box and blocked the return.

So along with my wive's help, I finished the water change and commenced to draining a bottle of Pinot Noir.

Oh ya, and I finally removed the power cord from the clams yap this morning! :biggrin:

Treebeard that sounds like a crazy night :sad:

I know right! :crazy:

Maybe those pills are exothermic and when dropped in water heats up the water?

Checklist by pet stores:

Improper packaging (check)
Wrong address (check)
Expired product (check)
(And newly introduced)
Dog product instead of fish (check)

That's some kind of propaganda I guess. Its throwing a message like "hey look, the dog products are more appealing than a fish tank heater; get dogs, throw away the tanks".

LMAO !

Totally :lol::lol:

Last Christmas I ordered a gift for my Wife from a company in Dallas, Texas

It went through Irving, Texas, then Memphis, Tennessee, then directly to Richmond, BC
I thought, great, it will be here in a day or so, but then noticed it was posted as an International shipment release ???
Next thing you know, it's on it's way to Paris, France :surprise:
After speaking with FedEx, it was sent from Paris back to Memphis, then finally made it's way here. All this in only 3 days
So now it's Dec 22
I unpack the gift, plug it in, and it goes Pffffttttt poof !!!

I contacted the vendor and after the laughter and appologies, they shipped another immediately, which made it by Dec 24 ... and it works
Whew, talk about cutting it close :mrgreen:

Last night I go to my granddaughters skating like I always. Last night they were doing their program for the little ones. I was doing a video for her mom who was working. Did a couple little videos during practice and warm up.

Checked batteries. Look good, have spares but dont need them right. :thumb: Did another check on skater before her. Ok, her turn. Music starts.....camera starts and just as she starts her program................batteries are dead and camera shuts down..:doh:...............:frusty:

By the time I get my iPhone out and on video, her program is half over.

Either murphys law or as I always say, one of my ancestors in Ireland caught a leprechaun doing something and family is cursed. :lol: :lol:

gregzz4 I would of been freaking out cutting it that close! Glad it worked out though.

Doug that sucks and it's true batteries always have a nack of dying at the worst time :sad:

I went to Arby's tonight and when I got home, sure enough, they had packed all the food but my sandwich :sad: Still got charged for it though :sad: