Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 33)

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If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

Any new activity will cause more trouble than you can possibly imagine.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

If you start to clean your desk in the spare bedroom you will probably have to clean the garage to find what you need to finish cleaning the desk.

Housework Murphy’s Laws

1. Never arrive on time, or you will be stamped a beginner.
2. Don't say anything until the meeting is half over; this stamps you as being wise.
3. Be as vague as possible; this prevents irritating the others.
4. When in doubt, suggest that a subcommittee be appointed.
5. Be the first to move for adjournment; this will make you popular – it's what everyone is waiting for.

Murphy’s Laws

You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.

Driving Murphy’s Laws

All probabilities are 50%; either a thing will happen or it won't.

Murphy’s Laws

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

Murphy’s Laws

An unwatched pot boils immediately.

Murphy’s Laws

Nature abhors people.

Murphy’s Laws People

A shortcut is the longest distance between two points.

Murphy’s Laws

Some mistakes are too fun to make only once.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

Democracy is that form of government where everybody gets what the majority deserves.

Democracy Government Murphy’s Laws

The difference between a politician and a snail is that a snail leaves its slime behind.

Murphy’s Laws Politicians

Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.

Murphy’s Laws Time

As soon as you’re doing what you wanted to be doing, you want to be doing something else.

Life Murphy’s Laws

Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.

Murphy’s Laws People Situations

Every instructor assumes that you have nothing else to do except study for that instructor’s course.

Education Learning Murphy’s Laws

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

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People Stupidity Wisdom

When you wear new shoes for the first time, everyone will step on them.

Appearance Clothing Murphy’s Laws

No one is as ugly as their passport photo.

Appearance Murphy’s Laws Ugly

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

(1918 – 1990) American aerospace engineer
Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems