Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 45)

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

If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book.

Leftover nuts never match leftover bolts.

Those who live closest arrive latest.

All things being equal, you lose.
Corollary: All things being in your favor, you still lose.

There is always a way… and it usually doesn’t work.

No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.

The fury engendered by the misspelling of a name in a (newspaper) column is in direct ratio to the obscurity of the mentionee.

Don't lie, steal, or cheat unnecessarily.

Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.

Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true except for that rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge.

1. The tide comes in and the tide goes out, and what have you got?
2. They say an elephant never forgets, but what's he got to remember?

Crowded lifts (elevators) smell different to people with restricted growth.

Everything will go wrong at one time.

Corollary: That time is always when you least expect it.

If you break a cup or plate, it will not be the one that was already chipped or cracked.

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

If you rely on Murphy's law, everything will go as planned (but don't count on it.)

If anything can go wrong it will go wrong when Mr. Murphy is out of town.

If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know.

You get the most of what you need the least.

The more an item costs, the farther you have to send it for repairs.