Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 12)

No books are lost by loaning except those you particularly wanted to keep.

The more underdeveloped the country, the more overdeveloped the women.

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

Stay busy, get plenty of exercise, and don’t drink too much… then again, don’t drink too little.

To err is human, so do not use up the eraser before the pencil.

A dropped power tool will always land on the concrete instead of the soft ground (if outdoors) or the carpet (if indoors) – unless it is running, in which case it will fall on something it can damage (like your foot).

If you don't need it and don't want it you can have tons of it.

An unbreakable toy is good for breaking other toys.

Anything labeled "NEW" and/or "IMPROVED" isn't.

When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient possible time.

Any horizontal surface is soon piled up.

Don’t draw fire, it irritates the people around you.

Less is more.

When an error has been detected and corrected, it will be found to have been correct in the first place

Corollary: After the correction has been found in error, it will be impossible to fit the original quantity back into the equation.

The correct advice to give is the advice that is desired.

When one is trying to be elegant and sophisticated, one won't.

You no sooner get your head above water than someone pulls your flippers off.

All things being equal, all things are never equal.

When your cat has fallen asleep on your lap and looks utterly content and adorable, you will suddenly have to go to the bathroom.

Disorder expands proportionately to the tolerance for it.

Food that tastes the best has the highest number of calories.