“Of course that just happened”
Probably the best phrase invented by TLEMK , “Of COURSE that just happened!” is the more creative way of expressing Murphy’s Law (anything that can go wrong, will.) For us, “Of course that just happened” comes about whenever we’re trying to get something done, or are in a hurry to get somewhere… it applies a lot, we’ve found out in the last few weeks since we’ve started saying it.
A perfect example of “Of course that just happened…”:
On Saturday, before all the wedding madness (next post) V had to go to Wal-Mart to pick up something or other. She’s quick, because we’re under time constraints, and promptly proceeds to the Express check-out line. You know, the one with a never-enforced 10 item limit? Here, let’s switch to first person so you can understand the rage of my lovely wife…
“So I get to the express line, and there’s this lady with waaaaay more than 10 items in the line. I was totally annoyed with her, so I counted the items. (Me: How many did she have?) 21. I counted. But I was patient, until I realized that she apparently had NEVER used a debit card before because she couldn’t figure out how to work it. So that was another three minutes. She finally gets it all signed and looks down at her cart and says, ‘Oops, I forgot to get my cat food… it was on the bottom of the cart.’ So now the lady has to get her 22nd item, the cat food out, and as she puts it on the conveyor belt, it tore and broke, and there was cat food everywhere. Of COURSE that just happened is what I thought in my head. But then, THEN, the checker says ‘No problem, we’ll get you another bag’ and then can’t figure out how to use the %%$$#! walkie-talkie to get someone to bring another bag of cat food, which is item number 23! The guy finally comes with the cat food, and the lady HAS TO FIGURE OUT THE DEBIT CARD AGAIN, like its a Riddle of the Ancients. It’s not Rubik’s Cube, let’s go. Finally after seriously, 9 minutes, and 23 items, she’s done. I pay for my one, ONE (1!) item, and bolt for the door. Then the same lady is in my way walking back to my car, and all I have been thinking in my head for the last five minutes is OF COURSE THAT JUST HAPPENED.”
And that’s why it’s the best phrase, because it keeps you from gnawing out your eyeballs.
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