Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 2)

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The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

You get the most of what you need the least.

Murphy’s Laws Things

The speaker with the most monotonous voice speaks after the big meal.

Communication Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws Speech

Any child who chatters nonstop at home will adamantly refuse to utter a word when requested to demonstrate for an audience.

Children Communication Family Murphy’s Laws Old Speech

An unwatched pot boils immediately.

Murphy’s Laws

It is the essence of grantsmanship to persuade the foundation executives that it was they who suggested the research project and that you were a belated convert, agreeing reluctantly to all they had proposed.

Murphy’s Laws

No matter what goes wrong, there is always somebody who knew it would.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems

Bare feet magnetize sharp metal objects so they always point upwards from the floor… especially in the dark.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Situations Things

The amount of time required to complete a government project is precisely equal to the length of time already spent on it.

Government Murphy’s Laws Time

If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know.

Murphy’s Laws

The experiment may be considered a success if no more than 50% of the observed measurements must be discarded to obtain a correspondence with theory.

Murphy’s Laws

The more zeros found in the price tag for a government program, the less Congressional scrutiny it will receive.

Congress Government Money Murphy’s Laws

Wind velocity increases directly with the cost of the hairdo.

Hair Murphy’s Laws

No matter how great your triumphs or how tragic your defeats – approximately one billion Chinese couldn’t give a shit.

Life Murphy’s Laws Success

In a social situation, the most difficult thing to do is usually the right thing to do.

Murphy’s Laws

The amount of work done varies inversely with the amount of time spent in the office.

Murphy’s Laws Time Work

 It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.

History Memory Murphy’s Laws

A pair of scissors should be a true pair; the second pair is to be used in place of the pair that is never where it is always supposed to be.

Murphy’s Laws Things

Incompetence tends to increase with the level of work performed. And naturally the individual’s staff needs will increase as his level of incompetence increases.

Murphy’s Laws Work

The chance of forgetting something is directly proportional to… to…

Intelligence Memory Murphy’s Laws

People don't change; they only become more so.

Murphy’s Laws People