Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 33)

1. Giving away baby clothes and furniture is a major cause of pregnancy. 2. Always be backlit. 3. Sit down whenever possible.

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

Historical fancy is more persistent than historical fact.

Any military project will take twice as long as planned, cost twice as much, and produce only half of what is wanted.

Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster.

Doing it the hard way is always easier.

The chances of anybody doing anything are inversely proportional to the number of other people who are in a position to do it instead.

If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are sure to get out of it.

For every vision there is an equal and opposite revision.

Flattery is the sincerest form of lying.

Laziness is the mother of nine inventions out of ten.

Any program will expand to fill available memory.

If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway.

There are those who don't even like to be rubbed the right way.

Everything takes more time and money.

A computer makes as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working 20 years.

1. Important mail arrives late. 2. Junk mail arrives the day it was sent.

All general statements are false.

The quantity which must be multiplied by, divided by, added to or subtracted from the answer you get to give the answer you should have got.

1. All's well that ends.
2. A penny saved is a penny.
3. Don't leave things unfinishe

If you're already in a hole, there's no use to continue digging.