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Murphy’s Laws
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Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he/she shall not be disappointed.
Franklin's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Disappointment
Expectations
The day of the big heat wave is the day the office air conditioning breaks down.
Norris's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Science/Weather
Air conditioning
This will hurt me more than it hurts you.
Hare's Additional Lie
Murphy’s Laws
1. Never use one word when a dozen will suffice.
2. If it can be understood, it's not finished yet.
3. Never be the first to do anything.
Smith's Principles of Bureaucratic Tinkertoys
Communication
Language
Murphy’s Laws
Bureaucracy
The specialist learns more and more about less and less until, finally, he knows everything about nothing; whereas the generalist learns less and less about more and more until, finally, he knows nothing about everything.
Donsen's Law
Education
Learning
Murphy’s Laws
Generalists
Knowledge
Specialists
Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable – as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.
Schiller's Dictum
Fools
Individuals
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
People
Crowds
There is nothing more permanent than a temporary tax.
Mix's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Taxes
Time
Permanence
When opportunity knocks, you’ve got headphones on.
Schrimpton's Law of Teenage Opportunity
Life
Murphy’s Laws
Opportunity
You will never find any more loose change than you have already lost.
Skarstad's Observation
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Loose change
There is nothing so small that it can't be blown out of proportion.
Ruckert's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Proportion
Trivial
The best simple-minded test of expertise in a particular area is the ability to win money in a series of bets on future occurrences in that area.
Allison's Precept
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Betting
Expertise
Flattery is the sincerest form of lying.
Bradley's Rule
Honesty
Lies
Murphy’s Laws
Flattery
The amount of trash accumulated within the space occupied is exponentially proportional to the number of living bodies that enter and leave within any given amount of time.
First Law of Dormitory Life
Murphy’s Laws
People
Dormitories
Trash
No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.
Lewis's Second Law
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Shopping
Time
Expense
No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.
Alfred E. Smith's Rule
Murphy’s Laws
There is no traffic until you need to make a left turn.
Lovka's Law of Driving
Autos
Driving
Murphy’s Laws
Left Turns
Traffic
Any facts which, when included in the argument, give the desired result, are fair facts for the argument.
Fairfax's Law
Beliefs
Facts
Murphy’s Laws
Arguments
Never enter a battle of wits half-armed.
Cavanaugh's Discovery
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
If you ask your husband to pick up five items at the store and then you add one more as an afterthought, he will forget two of the first five.
Murphy's First Law for Wives
Husbands
Murphy’s Laws
Shopping
Wives
The comfort of turning 49 is the realization that you are now too old to die young.
Diskson’s Rule of 49
Age
Death
Murphy’s Laws
Old
Birthdays
Dying young
Any order that can be misunderstood
has
been misunderstood.
Army Axiom
Military
Murphy’s Laws
Understanding
Orders
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