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Murphy’s Laws
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When a broken appliance is demonstrated to the repairman, it will work perfectly.
Anonymous Murphy's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
Appliances
Repairs
The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.
Murphy's Laws of Combat Operations
Murphy’s Laws
War
Friendly fire
The guy you beat out of a prime parking space is the one you have to see for a job interview.
Robinson’s Law
Murphy’s Laws
(Cal Robinson)
Interviews
Parking
1. Never draw what you can copy.
2. Never copy what you can trace.
3. Never trace what you can cut out and paste down.
Rules of Creative Research
Communication
Murphy’s Laws
Reading/Writing
Research
Experts in advanced countries underestimate by a factor of 2 to 4 the ability of people in underdeveloped countries to do anything technical.
Issawi's Law of Estimation of Error
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
Places
Capabilities
Underdeveloped countries
1. Nothing is ever so bad it can't be made worse by firing the coach. 2. A free agent is anything but. 3. Whatever can go to New York will..
Murray’s Rules of the Arena
Activities
Murphy’s Laws
New York City
Places
Sports
Free agents
Teams
Find out the cost before you get in.
Taxi Principle
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Birthday parties always end in tears.
Richman's Inevitables of Parenthood III
Children
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
Birthdays
The number of women a man find attractive is truly proportionate to his age.
The Dirty-Old-Man Axiom
Age
Men
Murphy’s Laws
People
Women
Attraction
All other things being equal, the side with the simplest uniforms wins.
A Murphy's Military Law
Appearance
Clothing
Military
Murphy’s Laws
Plowshares
Incoming fire has the right-of-way.
A Murphy's Military Law
Military
Murphy’s Laws
Incoming fire
Go where the money is.
Sutton's Law
Money
Murphy’s Laws
(Willie Sutton)
If you knew what you were doing, you'd probably be bored.
Fresco's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Boredom
Competence
Machines that have broken down will work perfectly when the repairman arrives.
Third Law of Office Murphology
Failure
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Things
Machines
Repairmen
For every proverb that so confidently asserts its little bit of wisdom, there is usually an equal and opposite proverb that contradicts it.
Proverbial Law
Beliefs
Murphy’s Laws
Proverbs
Contradiction
Create the impression that you have already reached your level of incompetence.
Peter's Rule for Creative Incompetence
Murphy’s Laws
Incompetence
Under current practices, both expenditures and revenues rise to meet each other, no matter which one may be in excess.
Bolton's Law of Ascending Budgets
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Budgets
Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Jone's Motto
Age
Friends
Murphy’s Laws
People
Enemies
You no sooner get your head above water than someone pulls your flippers off.
Stock's Observation
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
You can throw a burnt match out the window of your car and start a forest fire, but you can use two boxes of matches and a whole edition of the Sunday paper without being able to start a fire under the dry logs in your fireplace.
Gumperson's – Corollary III
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
Starting a fire
No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.
Alfred E. Smith's Rule
Murphy’s Laws
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