Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 26)

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A simple story, however inaccurate or misleading, is preferred to a complicated explanation, however true.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

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

Animals Cats Dogs Murphy’s Laws

If at first you don't succeed, transform your data set.

Murphy’s Laws Success

Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People Stupidity Wisdom

You can make a killing in the theatre, but not a living.

Money Murphy’s Laws

If at first you don’t succeed, read the manual.

Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

If you can't fix it, feature it.

Murphy’s Laws Things

Absolutum obsoletum – If it works, it’s out of date.

Murphy’s Laws Things Time

Everything takes more time and money.

Life Money Murphy’s Laws Time

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

Murphy’s Laws

Chicken Little only has to be right once.

Murphy’s Laws

This lane ends in 500 feet.

Autos Driving Murphy’s Laws

If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

All rush jobs are due the same day.

Murphy’s Laws

Ideas endure and prosper in inverse proportion to their soundness and validity.

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Things

Two wrongs are only the beginning.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too small.

Clothing Government Military Murphy’s Laws

Evil and stupidity are randomly distributed.

Murphy’s Laws Stupidity

When working toward the solution of a problem, it always helps if you know the answer.

Corollary: Provided, of course, that you know there is a problem.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Everything is just out of reach.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.

Money Murphy’s Laws Shopping Time