Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 20)

Some people manage by the book, even though they don't know who wrote the book or even what book.

The obvious answer is always overlooked.

People who eat natural foods will die of natural causes.

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

Anyone having supervisory responsibility for the completion of a task will invariably protest that more resources are needed.

On a beautiful day like this it's hard to believe anyone can be unhappy – but we'll work on it.

Nobody notices when things go right.

Expressways aren’t.

Murphy was an optimist.

Even paranoids have enemies.

Whenever you cut your fingernails, you will find a need for them an hour later.

Beware of the physician who is great at getting out of trouble.

People specialize in their area of greatest weakness.

Never throw away anything unless you know what it came from.

You never catch on until after the test.

The lights are most likely to come back on at the precise moment you find the flashlight.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

Performance is directly affected by the perversity of inanimate objects.

You can get away with anything as long as you tell someone about it.

Once you overcome your fear of public speaking, you’ll never be asked to speak again.

Push something hard enough and it will fall over.

Fat is lost last where it is wanted the least. Corollary 1: Fat is lost first from areas of high desirability.
Corollary 2: With time fat flows from areas of high to low desirability. – Hal Belknap, M.D.