Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 24)

Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster.

Any experiment is reproducible until another laboratory tries to repeat it.

Before ordering a test, decide what you will do if it is (1) positive or (2) negative. If both answers are the same, don't take the test.

There are no answers, only cross references.

You will need three umbrellas: one to leave at the office, one to leave at home, and one to leave on the train.

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

1. Other people’s tools work only in other people’s yards. 2. Fancy gizmos don’t work. 3. If nobody uses it, there’s a reason. 4. You get the most of what you need the least.

Never try to guess your wife's size. Just buy her anything marked ‘petite’ and hold on to the receipt.

Only adults have difficulty with child-proof bottles.

Expenditure rises to meet income.

(1909 – 1993) British naval historian & author

No one is listening until you make a mistake.

Everything happens at the same time with nothing in between.

The squeaky wheel doesn't always get greased; it often gets replaced.

No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

When anything is used to its full potential, it will break.

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it’s just possible that you haven’t understood the situation.

If you rely on Murphy's law, everything will go as planned (but don't count on it.)

All rush jobs are due the same day.

He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from the next freeway exit.

There are no winners in life; only survivors.