Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 16)

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The measure of a bird dog's intelligence can be determined by the length of time it takes to resign yourself to his way of thinking.

Animals Dogs Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Never murder a man who is committing suicide.

Government Murphy’s Laws Politics Situations

The only imperfect thing in nature is the human race.

Murphy’s Laws People

The number of adjectives and verbs that are added to the description of a menu item is in inverse proportion to the quality of the dish.

Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

The lagging activity in a project will invariably be found in the area where the highest overtime rates lie waiting.

Money Murphy’s Laws

If there is a wrong thing to say, one will.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech

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.

Autos Murphy’s Laws

The leak in the roof is never in the same location as the drip.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Progress is made on alternate Fridays.

Murphy’s Laws

When a person says that, in the interest of saving time, he will summarize his prepared statement, he will talk only three times as long as if he had read the statement in the first place.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech Time

If you do something right once, someone will ask you to do it again.

Murphy’s Laws People

A parade should have bands OR horses, not both.

Murphy’s Laws

A taxpayer is someone who does not have to take a civil service exam in order to work for the government.

Government Murphy’s Laws Taxes

You will need three umbrellas: one to leave at the office, one to leave at home, and one to leave on the train.

Intelligence Memory Murphy’s Laws

Don't abbrev.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

When dangling, don't use participles.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself.

Murphy’s Laws People

One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – but it is amazing how many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette.

Accidents Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

The more innocuous the modification appears to be, the further its influence will extend and the more the design will have to be redrawn.

Murphy’s Laws

Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.

Murphy’s Laws People

You know you have it when you can’t think of anything that’s your own fault.

Health Murphy’s Laws