Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 23)

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Nothing is so frustrating as a bad situation that is beginning to improve.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

Communication Insults Murphy’s Laws

1. An object in motion will be heading in the wrong direction.
2. An object at rest will be in the wrong place.

Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather Things

The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement.

(1918 – 2002) advice columnist
Murphy’s Laws Things

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong – but that’s the way to bet.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Sports

Incoming fire has the right of way.

Military Murphy’s Laws War

In a bureaucracy, good ideas go to too far.

Murphy’s Laws

The efficiency of a committee meeting is inversely proportional to the number of participants and the time spent on deliberations.

Murphy’s Laws Time

When team members are finally in a position to help the team, it turns out they have quit the team.

Murphy’s Laws People

Never, ever, fly on the airline of the country from which you are departing.

Murphy’s Laws Places Travel

If you do something which you are sure will meet with everybody's approval, somebody won't like it.

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

Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Chaos always wins, because it’s better organized.

Murphy’s Laws

1. Giving away baby clothes and furniture is a major cause of pregnancy. 2. Always be backlit. 3. sit down whenever possible.

Murphy’s Laws

Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low.

Education Government Murphy’s Laws Politics

1. If you can only do one thing well there is no market for it.

2. You can never do just one thing.

Murphy’s Laws

Your own car uses more gas and oil than anyone else's.

Autos Murphy’s Laws Things

In a bureaucracy, accomplishment is inversely proportional to the volume of paper used.

Murphy’s Laws

It goes in – it must come out.

Murphy’s Laws

The one course you must take to graduate will not be offered during your last semester.

Education Murphy’s Laws