Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 2)

In your toughest final – for the first time all year – the most distractingly attractive student in the class will sit next to you.

If you hit two keys on the typewriter, the one you don't want hits the paper.

Everybody wants to peel his own banana.

Any product cut to length will be too short.

The greater the funding, the longer it takes to make the mistake.

Employees in a hierarchy do not really object to incompetence in their colleagues.

If someone says, "I'm expensive" – believe them.

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.

If you know something can go wrong, and take due precaution to prevent it, something else will go wrong.

No matter how bad you are playing, it is always possible to play worse.

If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.

Success is the result of behavior that completely contradicts the usual expectations about the behavior of a successful person.

Liars get caught by the tale.

There is an exception to all laws.

When you're up to your nose, keep your mouth shut.

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.

Bad regulation begets worse regulation.

A conclusion is the place where you get tired of thinking.

If you really need an officer in a hurry, take a nap.

If you want your name spelled wrong, die.

After a salary raise, you will have less money at the end of the month than you had before.