>> Seelye's law states:
>>
>> When a wire, cord, rope, string or any other flexible entity is
>> picked up to be used a knot will be found in it, to the
>> consternation of the user.
>
>Hmm, A good law, but not always accurate.  Proper storage principles
>to the contrary, I like it :)

Seelye's law 1st generalization:

If the flexible thing is longer than 10 feet then the number of knots in
it is N+K, where N is the number of knots you think you can see when you
look at it and K is an arbitrary, large, positive integer.

Peter

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