“Hofstadter's Law” is that things will always takes
longer than you
expect, even when you take into
account Hofstadter's Law (which is that things will always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law).
Dude, I knew this job was
gona take longer than I expected, so I
quoted extra, but now it’s taking even longer than that.
Hofstadter's Law is
screwing me over