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If you buy bananas or avocados before they are ripe, there won't be any left by the time they are ripe. If you buy them ripe, they rot before they are eaten.

Banana Principle

Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws Bananas

All great discoveries are made by mistake

Corollary: The greater the funding, the longer it takes to make the mistake.

Young's Law

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems Discoveries

Each pronoun agrees with their antecedent.

The 19 Rules for Good Riting - 1

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

When a broken appliance is demonstrated to the repairman, it will work perfectly.

Anonymous Murphy's Law

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Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.

A Murphy's Military Law

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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.

Townsend’s Law of Life

Death Murphy’s Laws O.J. Bud Townsend

The one ingredient you made a special trip to the store to get will be the one thing your guest is allergic to.

Fourth Law of Kitchen Confusion

Cooking Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws Ingredients

Don't ever stand up to be counted or someone will take your seat.

Engle's Law

Murphy’s Laws Seats

A body at rest tends to watch television.

Smith’s Fourth Law of Inertia

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You never know who's right, but you always know who's in charge.

Whistler's Law

Murphy’s Laws Authority

Your wife's stored possessions will always be on top of your stored possessions.

Murphy's Fourth Law for Husbands

Marriage Murphy’s Laws Things Wives

Any decision is better than no decision.

Second Law Of Decision Making

Murphy’s Laws Decisions

You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the track.

Kramer's Law

Murphy’s Laws Situations

A consultant may be defined as an unemployed practitioner.

Allen's Observation

Murphy’s Laws Consultants

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most embarrassment will be the one to

Wright's Coronary

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It is much harder to find a job than to keep one.

Becker's Law

Murphy’s Laws Work

Speak with authority; however, expound only on the obvious and proven facts.

Spark's Third Rule for Managers

Murphy’s Laws Management

It won't work.

Jenkinson's Law

Murphy’s Laws

The length of debate varies inversely with the complexity of the issue.

Knowles's Law of Legislative Deliberation

Murphy’s Laws Time Debates

Committee reports dealing with wages, salaries, fringe benefits, facilities, computers, employee parking, libraries, coffee breaks, secretarial support, etc., always call for dramatic expenditure increases.

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 20)

Make it sufficiently difficult for people to do something, and most people will stop doing it.

If you buy bananas or avocados before they are ripe, there won't be any left by the time they are ripe. If you buy them ripe, they rot before they are eaten.

All great discoveries are made by mistake

Corollary: The greater the funding, the longer it takes to make the mistake.

Each pronoun agrees with their antecedent.

When a broken appliance is demonstrated to the repairman, it will work perfectly.

Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.

Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.

The one ingredient you made a special trip to the store to get will be the one thing your guest is allergic to.

Don't ever stand up to be counted or someone will take your seat.

A body at rest tends to watch television.

You never know who's right, but you always know who's in charge.

Your wife's stored possessions will always be on top of your stored possessions.

Any decision is better than no decision.

You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the track.

A consultant may be defined as an unemployed practitioner.

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most embarrassment will be the one to

It is much harder to find a job than to keep one.

Speak with authority; however, expound only on the obvious and proven facts.

It won't work.

The length of debate varies inversely with the complexity of the issue.

Committee reports dealing with wages, salaries, fringe benefits, facilities, computers, employee parking, libraries, coffee breaks, secretarial support, etc., always call for dramatic expenditure increases.