Telcodynamics

• A common scientific joke, as stated by wikipedia:C.P. Snow, expresses the four laws simply and surprisingly accurately as:

Zeroth: "You must play the game."

First: "You can't win."

Second: "You can't break even."

Third: "You can't quit the game."

Fourth law humor

• 0^th, 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd laws subsumed:

"You have to play a game you can't win no matter how hard you try."