Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 34)

No matter how long it takes for you to get back to pick up the shoes the shoemaker will tell you that they won't be ready until tomorrow.

Bad law is more likely to be supplemented than repealed.

It goes in – it must come out.

New systems generate new problems.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

[When parachuting] it is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.

The program you've been looking forward to all week will be preempted.

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

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.

Them what has – gets.

The one who says it can’t be done shouldn’t interrupt the one doing it.

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

Beware of a day in which you don't have something to bitch about.

All-weather close air support doesn't work in bad weather.

Success can be insured only by devising a defense against failure of the contingency plan.

1. If you like it, they don't have it in your size. 2. If you like it and its in your size, it doesn't fit anyway. 3. If you like it and it fits, you can't afford it. 4. If you like it, it fits, and you can afford it, it falls apart the first time you wash it.

The one wrench or drill bit you need will be the one missing from the tool chest.

You climb the ladder of success easier when you lay it flat.

The faster the plane, the narrower the seats.

It works better if you plug it in.

Anything is edible if it is chopped finely enough.