Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 33)

The squeaky wheel gets replaced.

You can always hit what you don't aim at.

An original idea can never emerge from committee in the original.

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.

Never eat prunes when you're hungry.

Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.

The distance to the gate from which your flight departs is inversely proportional to the time remaining before the scheduled departure of the flight.

One missed photographic opportunity creates a desire to purchase two additional pieces of equipment.

If your project doesn't work, look for the part you didn't think was important.

If a dish is dropped while removing it from the cupboard, it will hit the sink, breaking the dish and chipping or denting the sink in the process.

Opportunity always knocks at the least opportune moment.

The best investment opportunities are encountered when you are broke.

There’s always one more bug.

Cleanliness is next to impossible.

A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.

Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for that rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge.

Every employee begins at his level of competence.

A Smith and Wesson beats four aces.

Liars get caught by the tale.

2 is not equal to 3 – not even for very large values of 2.

Twitter makes you like people you don’t know, and Facebook makes you hate people you do.