Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 45)

All general statements are false.

Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

Mother nature is a bitch.

Nothing is a temporary as that which is called permanent.

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

People will buy anything that's one to a customer.

In a three-story building served by one elevator, nine times out of ten the elevator car will be on a floor where you are not.

Exceptions always outnumber rules.

The Cavalry doesn’t always come to the rescue.

Those whose approval you seek the most give you the least.

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If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.

Everything depends.

When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger have handled this?"

The combat worth of a unit is inversely proportional to the smartness of its outfit and appearance.

The information conveyed is less important than the impression.

Everything goes wrong all at once.

We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction.

If you’re feeling good, don’t worry… you’ll get over it.

Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of.

A 60-day warranty guarantees that the product will self-destruct on the 61st day.

If on an actuarial basis there is a 50-50 chance that something will go wrong, it will actually go wrong nine times out of ten.

When you arrive at your chosen campsite, it is full.