Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 10)

The one wrench or drill bit you need will be the one missing from the tool chest.

Anyone who says he isn't going to resign, four times… definitely will.

Eighty percent of all people consider themselves to be above average drivers.

You will save yourself a lot of needless worry if you don't burn your bridges until you come to them.

Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.

Digestion is the great secret of life.

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little while longer.

All the postmasters in small towns read all the postcards.

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don’t let anyone know it.

When all else fails, try the boss's suggestion.

No good deed goes unpunished.

1. The more general the title of a course, the less you will learn from it. 2. The more specific a title is, the less you will be able to apply it.

What we learn after we know it all, is what counts.

If there are only two shows worth watching, they will be on at the same time.

Any change looks terrible at first.

Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.

After large expenditures of federal, state, and county funds; after much confusion generated by detours and road blocks; after greatly annoying the surrounding population with noise, dust, and fumes – the previously existing traffic jam is relocated by one-half mile.

You never find anything until you replace it.

You can make it foolproof, but you can't make it damnfoolproof.

If a piece of buttered toast falls, it will land face down.

1. The tide comes in and the tide goes out, and what have you got?
2. They say an elephant never forgets, but what's he got to remember?