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A valuable dropped item will always fall into an inaccessible place (a diamond ring down the drain, for example) – or into the garbage disposal while it is running.

Anonymous Murphy’s Law

Employees in a hierarchy do not really object to incompetence in their colleagues.

Peter's Paradox

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The best shots happen immediately after the last frame is exposed.

First Law of Photography

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The book or periodical most vital to the completion of your term paper will be missing from the library.

Corollary: If it is available, the most important page will be torn out.

Murphy's Rule of the Term Paper

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Internal consistency is valued more highly than efficiency.

Peter's Inversion

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You can never be sure how many beers you had last night.

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You can’t lose an old golf ball.

Willis’s Rule of Golf

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When all else fails, try the boss's suggestion.

Strano's Law

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If the shoe fits, it’s ugly.

Gold's Law

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No matter how careful one is in resealing the inner liner in a cereal box, it will tear where it is glued to the box.

Stale's Law

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A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.

Diner's Dilemma

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Create the impression that you have already reached your level of incompetence.

Peter's Rule for Creative Incompetence

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If you have only one nail, it will bend.

Bowersox's Law of the Workshop

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

Boyle’s Tenth Law

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Chicken Little only has to be right once.

Firestone's Law of Forecasting

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The more time you spend in reporting on what you are doing, the less time you have to do anything. Stability is achieved when you spend all your time doing nothing but reporting on the nothing you are doing.

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A parade should have bands OR horses, not both.

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Incoming fire has the right-of-way.

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Anything that happens enough times to irritate you will happen at least once more.

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All five-second grenade fuses will burn down in three seconds.

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There is no proposition, no matter how foolish, for which a dozen Nobel signatures cannot be collected.

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 43)

A valuable dropped item will always fall into an inaccessible place (a diamond ring down the drain, for example) – or into the garbage disposal while it is running.

Employees in a hierarchy do not really object to incompetence in their colleagues.

The best shots happen immediately after the last frame is exposed.

The book or periodical most vital to the completion of your term paper will be missing from the library.

Corollary: If it is available, the most important page will be torn out.

Internal consistency is valued more highly than efficiency.

You can never be sure how many beers you had last night.

You can’t lose an old golf ball.

When all else fails, try the boss's suggestion.

If the shoe fits, it’s ugly.

No matter how careful one is in resealing the inner liner in a cereal box, it will tear where it is glued to the box.

A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.

Create the impression that you have already reached your level of incompetence.

If you have only one nail, it will bend.

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

Chicken Little only has to be right once.

The more time you spend in reporting on what you are doing, the less time you have to do anything. Stability is achieved when you spend all your time doing nothing but reporting on the nothing you are doing.

A parade should have bands OR horses, not both.

Incoming fire has the right-of-way.

Anything that happens enough times to irritate you will happen at least once more.

All five-second grenade fuses will burn down in three seconds.

There is no proposition, no matter how foolish, for which a dozen Nobel signatures cannot be collected.