Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 44)

Halitosis is better than no breath at all.

If it’s good, they’ll stop making it.

(1909 – 2001) editorial cartoonist & author

Only adults have difficulty with child-proof bottles.

If you have watched a TV series only once, and you watch it again, it will be a rerun of the same episode.

If you knew what you were doing you'd probably be bored.

On a beautiful day like this it's hard to believe anyone can be unhappy – but we'll work on it.

Murphy’s Law only fails when you try to demonstrate it.


Any plumbing pipes you choose to replace during renovation will prove to be in excellent condition; those you decide to leave in place will be rotten.

If you view your problem closely enough, you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.

A martyr is a hero who didn't make it.

The wages of sin are unreported.

He who shouts loudest has the floor.

He who laughs last probably didn’t get the joke.

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

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

The repairman will never have seen a model quite like yours before.

When anything is used to its full potential, it will break.

A taxpayer is someone who does not have to take a civil service exam in order to work for the government.

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

It's better to retire too soon than too late.

Any ship can be a minesweeper… once.