Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 23)

In approaching a double door, you will always go to the one door that is locked, pull when you should have pushed, and push when the sign says pull.

At least fifty percent of the human race doesn’t want their mother-in-law within walking distance.

No matter how many times you've had it, if it's offered, take it, because it'll never be quite the same again.

The price of any product produced for a government agency will be not less than the square of the initial Firm Fixed-Price Contract.

When putting cheese in a mousetrap, always leave room for the mouse.

A committee of three gets things done if two don’t show up.

The wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.

The other line moves faster.

The more underdeveloped the country, the more overdeveloped the women.

Most accidents in well-designed systems involve two or more events of low probability occurring in the worst possible combination.

The most difficult light bulb to replace burns out first and most frequently.

When all else fails, follow instructions.

1. If you like it, they don't have it in your size. 2. If you like it and its in your size, it doesn't fit anyway. 3. If you like it and it fits, you can't afford it. 4. If you like it, it fits, and you can afford it, it falls apart the first time you wash it.

If you play with anything long enough, it will break.

When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time.

Even paranoids have enemies.

The successful pundit is provided more opportunities to say things than he has things worth saying.

If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person – they will find an easier way to do it.

Anything that happens enough times to irritate you will happen at least once more.

No experiment is reproducible.

He who laughs last probably didn’t get the joke.