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If you're confident after you've just finished an exam, it's because you don't know enough to know better.

Weisman's Law of Examinations

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The mud that won’t come off on the doormat immediately adheres to the carpet.

Anonymous Murphy’s Law

Murphy’s Laws Mud

There’s an unseen force which lets birds know when you’ve just washed your car.

Denis Norden

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Autos Murphy’s Laws Things Birds

Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low.

Sayre's Third Law of Politics

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The item you had your eye on the minute you walked in will be taken by the person in front of you.

Cafeteria Law

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In any decision situation, the amount of relevant information available is inversely proportional to the importance of the decision.

Cooke's Law

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Indecision is the key to flexibility.

Weiner’s Wisdom

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Only adults have difficulty with child-proof bottles.

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Caveats are always* forgotten.
*Caveat: except in rare instances

Battleson’s Blathrskite

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When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.

Panic Instruction

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Certain items which are crucial to a given activity will show up with uncommon regularity until the day when that activity is planned, at which point the item in question will disappear from the face of the earth.

Rapoport's Rule of the Roller-Skate Key

Murphy’s Laws Things

A committee of three gets things done if two don’t show up.

Anonymous

Murphy’s Laws People Committees

In letters themes reports articles and stuff like that we use commas to keep strings apart.

The 19 Rules for Good Riting - 12

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Decisions are justified by the benefits to the organization, but they are made by considering the benefits to the decision-makers.

Third Law of Decision Making

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Nobody notices the big errors.

Mayne's Law

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Never do anything you wouldn’t get caught dead doing.

Rockefeller Principle

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Any experiment is reproducible until another laboratory tries to repeat it.

Kohn's Second Law

Murphy’s Laws Experiments

If a research project is not worth doing at all, it is not worth doing well.

Gordon's First Law

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1. The probability of a cat eating its dinner has absolutely nothing to do with the price of the food placed before it. 2. The probability that a household pet will raise a fuss is directly proportional to the number and importance of your guests.

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Chaos always wins, because it’s better organized.

Anonymous Murphy’s Law

Murphy’s Laws Chaos

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 2)

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

If you're confident after you've just finished an exam, it's because you don't know enough to know better.

The mud that won’t come off on the doormat immediately adheres to the carpet.

There’s an unseen force which lets birds know when you’ve just washed your car.

Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low.

The item you had your eye on the minute you walked in will be taken by the person in front of you.

In any decision situation, the amount of relevant information available is inversely proportional to the importance of the decision.

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

Only adults have difficulty with child-proof bottles.

Caveats are always* forgotten.
*Caveat: except in rare instances

When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.

Certain items which are crucial to a given activity will show up with uncommon regularity until the day when that activity is planned, at which point the item in question will disappear from the face of the earth.

A committee of three gets things done if two don’t show up.

In letters themes reports articles and stuff like that we use commas to keep strings apart.

Decisions are justified by the benefits to the organization, but they are made by considering the benefits to the decision-makers.

Nobody notices the big errors.

Never do anything you wouldn’t get caught dead doing.

Any experiment is reproducible until another laboratory tries to repeat it.

If a research project is not worth doing at all, it is not worth doing well.

1. The probability of a cat eating its dinner has absolutely nothing to do with the price of the food placed before it. 2. The probability that a household pet will raise a fuss is directly proportional to the number and importance of your guests.

Chaos always wins, because it’s better organized.