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The mountain gets steeper as you get closer.
Frothingham’s Corollary: The mountain looks closer than it is.

Michehl’s Rule for Prospective Mountain Climbers

Murphy’s Laws Difficulties Mountains Proximity

No matter which way you ride, it's uphill and against the wind.

First Law of Bicycling

Murphy’s Laws Bicycles Riding Uphill Wind

A component’s degree of reliability is directly proportional to its ease of accessibility (i.e., the harder it is to get to, the more often it breaks down).

Waddell's Law of Equipment Failure

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Things Accessibility Reliability

Caveats are always* forgotten.
*Caveat: except in rare instances.

Battleson’s Blathrskite

Murphy’s Laws Caveat Kirk Battleson

1. No matter what they're telling you, they're not telling you the whole truth. 2. No matter what they're talking about, they're talking about money.

Todd's First Two Political Principles

Characteristics Honesty Lies Money Murphy’s Laws Truth

Verbs has to agree with their subject.

The 19 Rules for Good Riting - 3

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Love is a matter of chemistry; sex is a matter of physics.

Mark's Mark

Emotions Love Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather Chemistry Physics

Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can get done sometime next week.

Yoakum’s Rule

Murphy’s Laws Time Procrastination Robert Yoakum

If you’re feeling good, don’t worry… you’ll get over it.

Boling's Postulate

Health Murphy’s Laws Optimism

In any collection of data, the figure most obviously correct, beyond all need of checking, is the mistake.

Finagle's Third Law

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems Data Obvious

As the economy gets better, everything else gets worse.

Buchwald's Law

Money Murphy’s Laws Economy

Never worry about the bullet with your name on it; instead, worry about shrapnel addressed to 'occupant.’

Murphy's Tenth Military Law

Conflict Government Military Murphy’s Laws War Bullet Shrapnel

1. No matter how much you do, you'll never do enough. 2. What you don't do is always more important than what you do do.

Worker's Dilemma Law (or Management's Put-Down Law)

Murphy’s Laws Doing things Effort

No matter what stage of completion one reaches, the cost of the remainder of the project remains constant.

Sixth Law of Project Management

Murphy’s Laws

There is a solution to every problem; the only difficulty is finding it.

Evvie Nef's Law

Murphy’s Laws Problems Solutions

All politics is local.

O’Neill’s Rule

Government Murphy’s Laws Places Politics (Tip O'Neill

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

Samuels Postulate

Murphy’s Laws People Situations Offending Style Substance

Whatever you want, you can’t have, what you can have, you don’t want.

Anonymous Murphy’s Law

Murphy’s Laws

Anything in parentheses can be ignored.

Seeger's Law

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing Parentheses

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 34)

Everything is just out of reach.

The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee.

The mountain gets steeper as you get closer.
Frothingham’s Corollary: The mountain looks closer than it is.

No matter which way you ride, it's uphill and against the wind.

A component’s degree of reliability is directly proportional to its ease of accessibility (i.e., the harder it is to get to, the more often it breaks down).

Caveats are always* forgotten.
*Caveat: except in rare instances.

1. No matter what they're telling you, they're not telling you the whole truth. 2. No matter what they're talking about, they're talking about money.

Verbs has to agree with their subject.

Love is a matter of chemistry; sex is a matter of physics.

Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can get done sometime next week.

If you’re feeling good, don’t worry… you’ll get over it.

In any collection of data, the figure most obviously correct, beyond all need of checking, is the mistake.

As the economy gets better, everything else gets worse.

Never worry about the bullet with your name on it; instead, worry about shrapnel addressed to 'occupant.’

1. No matter how much you do, you'll never do enough. 2. What you don't do is always more important than what you do do.

No matter what stage of completion one reaches, the cost of the remainder of the project remains constant.

There is a solution to every problem; the only difficulty is finding it.

All politics is local.

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

Whatever you want, you can’t have, what you can have, you don’t want.

Anything in parentheses can be ignored.