Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 36)

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The fewer functions any device is required to perform, the more perfectly it can perform those functions.

Murphy’s Laws Things

Most accidents in well-designed systems involve two or more events of low probability occurring in the worst possible combination.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Problems

The tire is only flat on the bottom.

Murphy’s Laws Situations Things

The item you had your eye on the minute you walked in will be taken by the person in front of you.

Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

The only thing worse than a husband who never notices what you cook or what you wear is a husband who always notices what you cook and what you wear.

Appearance Cooking Food/Drink Husbands Marriage Murphy’s Laws

Good times end too quickly. Bad times go on forever.

Life Murphy’s Laws Situations Time

The snapshots you take of your husband are always more flattering than the ones he takes of you.

Husbands Murphy’s Laws Self Things Wives

An unwatched pot boils immediately.

Murphy’s Laws

No matter which side of door the cat or dog is on, it's the wrong side.

Animals Cats Dogs Murphy’s Laws

The love letter you finally got the courage to send will be delayed in the post long enough for you to make a fool of yourself in person.

Fools Love Murphy’s Laws

If your project doesn't work, look for the part you didn't think was important.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable – as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.

Fools Individuals Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People

A rumor will travel fastest to the place where it will cause the greatest harm.

Murphy’s Laws

Avoid any action with an unacceptable outcome.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

An object will fall so as to do the most damage.

Murphy’s Laws Things

For every problem science solves, it creates ten new one.

Murphy’s Laws

Changing things is central to leadership, and changing them before anyone else is creativeness.

Murphy’s Laws

Everybody lies; but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.

Characteristics Communication Honesty Lies Murphy’s Laws

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

Murphy’s Laws

It goes in – it must come out.

Murphy’s Laws

The last person who quit or was fired will be held responsible for everything that goes wrong – until the next person quits or is fired.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Problems