laundry paradox = you have no clean pants or underwear but you need to go down 5 floors to the coin laundry so you can do your wash.

also applies to:

A) breadmaking/cooking - when the next bowl you need is the one which contains the product you are making and the other ones all have food inside.

B) you have no money to buy gas because you left your wallet in your SO's bag, and the bag is now 30 miles away and you have no gas to get it.

C) the last bit in solitaire when the card you need is flipped so you can't complete your string.

solution:

a) buy more x, where x = underwear/pants, bowls, etc.

b) stop procrastinating now and not tomorrow

c) play solitaire with real cards so the cheat option is available

d) don't be such a dork