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[nancylebov]

Cheops' Law is "Everything takes longer and costs more".

I'm thinking that "Wars take longer and cost more" would work, but it would be nice to have a historical figure attached. I've had one suggestion for Napolean, which seems reasonable. I kind of like Jefferson Davis (president of the Confederacy), but I fear that not enough people will get it. Any other suggestions?

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[louiseroho.livejournal.com]

Alexander.

[anniemal.livejournal.com]

The Great

"Everything takes longer and costs more"

[anniemal.livejournal.com]

Just for recognisability purposes. Just "Alexander" is too far removed from most people's history. I had no idea about him from grade school. I read up on him just a year or two ago. I still can't fathom what drew him to live his life that way. Whence comes the urge to conquer? And I'm still trying to find out how being part of his empire influenced people's daily lives.

He must've said the Greek equivalent at one of those more difficult points in his journey. Yes, when I'm not having wild, mind-blowing sex with handsome young men, I read a bunch about world history. How much sticks? My profession isn't based on it.

I think there's a temporal correlation to Murphy's Law. Or maybe I made it up. "Doing Everything takes longer than you think it will." If I didn't make it up, someone should've. Add in the past eight years' economy, and it's a pat thing the ex-pres. must've thought at some point. Probably right before he thought "How to distract the press and disguise it?". >:}

Re: "Everything takes longer and costs more"

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

Not only is there Cheops' Law: Everything takes longer and costs more, there's a corollary: Everything takes longer and costs more, even if you take Cheops' Law into account.

As for Alexander the Great, I don't know why he did it, but I suspect a piece of it was that it was the sort of thing he was good at. It's very satisfying to hit the right level of challenge.

Re: "Everything takes longer and costs more"

[anniemal.livejournal.com]

Riiight. I forgot about that.