Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 2)

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Don’t force it; get a larger hammer.

Murphy’s Laws Things

The candy bar you planned to eat on the way home from the market is hidden at the bottom of the grocery bag.

Murphy’s Laws Shopping

If you’re feeling good, don’t worry… you’ll get over it.

Health Murphy’s Laws

The local density of mosquitos is inversely proportional to your remaining repellent.

Activities Murphy’s Laws

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man tired in mid afternoon.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Sleep

20% of the customers account for 80% of the turnover, 20% of the components account for 80% of the cost, and so forth.

Murphy’s Laws

The man who knows "how" will always have a job. The man who knows "why" will always be his boss.

Murphy’s Laws Work

A clever remark is one you don’t make at the appropriate moment, but compose immediately after.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech

Never argue with a fool… people might not know the difference.

Fools Murphy’s Laws

When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

The degree of failure is in direct proportion to the effort expended and to the need for success.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

Any philosophy that can be put "in a nutshell" belongs there.

Murphy’s Laws

If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

Accidents Failure Murphy’s Laws

The organization of any bureaucracy is very much like a septic tank. The really big chunks always rise to the top.

Murphy’s Laws

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

Murphy’s Laws Time

The number of people in any working group tends to increase regardless of the amount of work to be done.

Murphy’s Laws People Work

Those whose approval you seek the most give you the least.

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Characteristics Murphy’s Laws People

1. If it is green or it wiggles – it is Biology.
2. If it stinks – it is Chemistry.
3. If it doesn’t work – it is Physics.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Science/Weather

If enough data is collected, anything may be proven by statistical methods.

Beliefs Facts Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Food consumed standing up always has ten times the calorific intake of food consumed sitting down.

Eating Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws