Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 41)

Use it or lose it.

Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself.

1. Anything that begins well ends badly. 2. Anything that begins badly ends worse.

If you allow someone to get in front of you, you both will have the same destination, and the other car will get the last parking space.

Information travels more surely to those with a lesser need to know.

Whatever a parent does is wrong.

Folks playing leapfrog must complete all jumps.

At least fifty percent of the human race doesn’t want their mother-in-law within walking distance.

A continuing flow of paper is sufficient to continue the flow of paper.

It's always darkest just before the lights go out.

The better the four-wheel drive, the further away you'll be when you get stuck.

The colder the X-Ray table, the more of your body you are required to place on it.

The real objective of a committee is not to reach a decision, but to avoid it.

To err is human; to really foul things up takes a computer.

The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

When things go wrong, don’t go with them.

If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.

The local density of mosquitos is inversely proportional to your remaining repellent.

Spend sufficient time confirming the need and the need will disappear.

The label "NEW" and/or "IMPROVED" means the price went up.

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