Why does my back always need to be scratched where I cannot reach the itch? You know that’s one of the things I file on my list of bizarre quirks of nature that Edgar Allen Poe called “The Imp Of The Perverse”. It’s also called “Murphy’s Law”, and its like “Everything that is possible to go wrong WILL go wrong in the worst possible place at the worst possible time.” Like for instance on the beautiful summer day when you have lots of time and a good spare tire in the trunk you will almost never have a flat. But if it’s pouring rain, you are late for work and you have no spare, THAT is when you will get a flat tire. This is TOO BIZARRE. Over the years I have checked this and it’s uncanny how many times it proves out. Lots more than 50-50. Like if you have 2 sets of keys in your pocket, you will almost ALWAYS pull out the WRONG set when you go to open your door, etc. WEIRD, and a PAIN IN THE ………….. Because all the places that itched that you could reach stopped itching because you itched it! Thus the areas that still itch can’t be reached. ;) …………… …same reason the bolt, while working on the car, IF DROPPED… always falls to the exact center under the car.
You know that’s one of the things I file
on my list of bizarre quirks of nature
that Edgar Allen Poe called “The Imp
Of The Perverse”. It’s also called
“Murphy’s Law”, and its like “Everything
that is possible to go wrong WILL go
wrong in the worst possible place at
the worst possible time.” Like for
instance on the beautiful summer day
when you have lots of time and a good
spare tire in the trunk you will almost
never have a flat. But if it’s pouring rain,
you are late for work and you have no
spare, THAT is when you will get a flat
tire. This is TOO BIZARRE. Over the
years I have checked this and it’s
uncanny how many times it proves out.
Lots more than 50-50. Like if you have
2 sets of keys in your pocket, you will
almost ALWAYS pull out the WRONG
set when you go to open your door, etc.
WEIRD, and a PAIN IN THE
…………..
Because all the places that itched that you could reach stopped itching because you itched it! Thus the areas that still itch can’t be reached. 
……………
…same reason the bolt, while working on the car, IF DROPPED… always falls to the exact center under the car.