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Murphy’s Laws
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In your toughest final – for the first time all year – the most distractingly attractive student in the class will sit next to you.
Second Law of Final Exams
Education
Murphy’s Laws
School
Exams
If you hit two keys on the typewriter, the one you don't want hits the paper.
DeVries's Dilemma
Murphy’s Laws
Typewriters
Everybody wants to peel his own banana.
Young's Principle on Emergent Individuation
Food/Drink
Murphy’s Laws
Any product cut to length will be too short.
Klipstein's Observation
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Length
Short
The greater the funding, the longer it takes to make the mistake.
Corollary to Young's Law
Mistakes
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Time
Funding
Employees in a hierarchy do not really object to incompetence in their colleagues.
Peter's Paradox
Murphy’s Laws
Work
Employees
Incompetence
If someone says, "I'm expensive" – believe them.
Bersani's Law
Money
Murphy’s Laws
In approaching a double door, you will always go to the one door that is locked, pull when you should have pushed, and push when the sign says pull.
Ehre's Double-Door Law
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Doors
Pull
Push
If you know something can go wrong, and take due precaution to prevent it, something else will go wrong.
Patry's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
No matter how bad you are playing, it is always possible to play worse.
Unknown
Golf
Murphy’s Laws
Sports
If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.
Abbott's Second Admonition
Murphy’s Laws
Questions
Success is the result of behavior that completely contradicts the usual expectations about the behavior of a successful person.
Paturi Principle
Murphy’s Laws
Success
Behavior
Liars get caught by the tale.
Luebbert's Law
Characteristics
Honesty
Lies
Murphy’s Laws
There is an exception to all laws.
Government's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Exceptions
When you're up to your nose, keep your mouth shut.
Beauregard's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Situations
Trouble strikes in series of threes, but when working around the house the next job after a series of three is not the fourth job – it's the start of a brand new series of three.
Avery's Rule of Three
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Work
Trouble
Bad regulation begets worse regulation.
Mobil's Maxim
Murphy’s Laws
Bureaucracy
Regulation
A conclusion is the place where you get tired of thinking.
Matz's Maxim
Murphy’s Laws
Thinking
Conclusions
If you really need an officer in a hurry, take a nap.
Murphy's Eighth Military Law
Military
Murphy’s Laws
Naps
Officers
If you want your name spelled wrong, die.
Blanchard's Newspaper Obituary Law
Communication
Death
Murphy’s Laws
Reading/Writing
Name
Spelling
After a salary raise, you will have less money at the end of the month than you had before.
Gumperson's – Corollary I
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Work
Salary
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