Daddy's Law

It is an immutable law of nature, much like Murphy’s Law and the Peter Principle, that:

Whenever daddy is taking care of two or more preadolescent children,
and mommy is away on business or whatnot,
and the water on the stove is boiling,
and the microwave is beeping,
and the house is in complete disarray,
and the table is still not set,
and one child needs help with a homework question,
and the other child just did a nosedive into the dishwasher,

the telephone will ALWAYS ring.

ALWAYS.

An immutable law of nature, called Daddy’s Law.