Muphry's Law

Here's a great concept, not to be confused with Murphy's Law.

1. if you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written;
2. if an author thanks you in a book for your editing or proofreading, there will be mistakes in the book;
3. the stronger the sentiment expressed in (1) and (2), the greater the fault;
4. any book devoted to editing or style will be internally inconsistent.

This is bound to bite me in the ass one day. When I'm not criticizing bad typography, I'm usually criticizing someone's writing. Then again, I've never been wrong about anything, ever.

And to hat-tip, I discovered this on neat blog called Language Log, which I immediately bookmarked. Don't miss the Muphry's Law Wikipedia entry.