Laws of Narrative Comedy

One of the Laws of Narrative Comedy states that the amount which an Agent desires to avoid an event is proportional to the likelihood of its occurrence. The converse of this law also falls under the Laws of Narrative Comedy. For example, the console abides by these rules when it beeps just as an Agent is ready to rest. An example of the Laws of Narrative Comedy occurs in The Original Series here:

Chapter 25, Broken Doll