Dan's reply touches on the laws of physics.
Einstein of course had a word or 3 to say on the subject but it was my grandfather who layed the groundwork.
Here are a few of Newton's lesser known laws.
Law of queue: If you change queues, the one you have left will start
to move faster than the one you are in now.
Law of the Telephone: When you dial a wrong number, you never get an
engaged tone.
Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease,
your nose will begin to itch.
Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least
accessible corner.
Law of the Alibi: If you tell the boss you were late for work because
you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.
Bath THEOREM: When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.
LAW OF ENCOUNTERS: The probability of meeting someone you know
increases when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with.
LAW of the RESULT: When you try to prove to someone that a machine
won’t work, it will!
LAW OF BIOMECHANICS: The severity of the itch is inversely
proportional to the reach.
THEATRE RULE: People with the seats at the furthest from the aisle
arrive last.
LAW OF COFFEE: As soon as you sit down for a cup of hot coffee, your
boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is
cold.
As you can see, he refers to the bike and telephone proving the point that he was the greatest thinker.
