Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 44)

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Virtue is just vice at rest.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

If you didn’t forget it, it’s the wrong size, backwards, inside out or out of reach.

Life Murphy’s Laws

Whatever a parent does is wrong.

Failure Family Murphy’s Laws Parents Problems Young

If you can be off by one… you will be.

Murphy’s Laws

Always leave room to add an explanation if it doesn't work out.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Problems

It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks.

(1841–1919) French artist
Food/Drink Life Murphy’s Laws

The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement.

(1918 – 2002) advice columnist
Murphy’s Laws Things

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

Murphy’s Laws Things

Traffic increases to fill the road space available.

Autos Murphy’s Laws Things

The number of rational hypotheses that can explain any given phenomenon is infinite.

Murphy’s Laws

Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of the programmer who must maintain it.

Computers Murphy’s Laws Things

A falling body always rolls to the most inaccessible spot.

Murphy’s Laws

The number of women a man find attractive is truly proportionate to his age.

Age Men Murphy’s Laws People Women

Any change looks terrible at first.

Murphy’s Laws

The last rush-hour express bus to your neighborhood leaves five minutes before you get off work.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Time Travel

The more money the free agent signs for, the less effective he is the following season.

Murphy’s Laws Sports

A manager cannot tell if he is leading an innovative mob or being chased by it.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

If you don’t feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you’ll feel better; but don’t make an appointment, and you’ll stay sick.

Doctors Health Murphy’s Laws

Nothing is a temporary as that which is called permanent.

Corollary: Nothing is a permanent as that which is called temporary.

Murphy’s Laws

The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required on it.

Body Cold Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather Situations

There are no "free lunches," but sometimes it costs more to collect money than to give away food.

Money Murphy’s Laws