Our discussion of eponymous laws prompted Peg Brekel of Casa Grande, Arizona, to send us one based on her years of experience in a pharmacy, where she had to keep minding the counter even during her lunch break. Peg’s Law: The number of customers who come to the counter is directly proportional to how good your food tastes hot. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Pharmacist Eponymous Law”
We asked you to send us your eponymous laws, eponymous laws being those joking bits of wisdom that are named after somebody like Murphy’s Law.
And Peg Breckel wrote us to say that she used to be a pharmacist and when she was working she needed to eat while she was on the job because that it was so busy there.
So Peg’s law is the number of customers who come to the counter is directly proportional to how good your food tastes hot.
I can totally relate to that.
You get the hot soup ready to go.
Yeah, you get the hot soup ready.
Fresh, warm sourdough bread, the cup of tea, and then there’s eight people show up.
There’s Mr. Jones at the front of the line.
Yeah, I like that.
There are a lot of those eponymous laws that are directly proportional.
This is directly proportional to that, right?
Mm—
You can share your eponymous laws or any other stories about language at words@waywordradio.org or call us.
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