Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 24)

Your best golf shots always occur when playing alone.

The grass is brown on both sides of the fence.

A theory is better than an explanation.

The more time you spend in reporting on what you are doing, the less time you have to do anything. Stability is achieved when you spend all your time doing nothing but reporting on the nothing you are doing.

There are two types of dirt: the dark kind, which is attracted to light objects, and the light kind, which is attracted to dark objects.

The number of adjectives and verbs that are added to the description of a menu item is in inverse proportion to the quality of the dish.

A bird in the hand is dead.

A few months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library.

Truth varies.

You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you Can't Fool Mom.

All general statements are false.

Anything that can be changed will be changed up until there is no time left to change anything.

Everything is just out of reach.

Murphy's Law was not propounded by Murphy, but by another man with the same name.

The amount of wind will vary inversely with the number and experience of the people you take on board.

No matter which side of door the cat or dog is on, it's the wrong side.

The love letter you finally got the courage to send will be delayed in the post long enough for you to make a fool of yourself in person.

A $300 picture tube will protect a 10¢ fuse by blowing first.

Rule A: Don’t.

Rule A1: Rule A doesn’t exist.

Rule A2: Do not discuss the existence or non-existence of Rules A, A1, or A2.

(1927 – 1989) Scottish psychiatrist

A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.

The effort expended by the bureaucracy in defending any error is in direct proportion to the size of the error.