Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 46)

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Following the path of least resistance is what makes men and rivers crooked.

Characteristics Honesty Murphy’s Laws

If a situation requires undivided attention, it will occur simultaneously with a compelling distraction.


Murphy’s Laws Situations

Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

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

Murphy’s Laws Problems Self

Food consumed standing up always has ten times the calorific intake of food consumed sitting down.

Eating Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

Odd objects attract fire… never lurk behind one.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Anyone who says he isn't going to resign, four times… definitely will.

Murphy’s Laws

The length of a progress report is inversely proportional to the amount of progress.

Murphy’s Laws

What men learn from history is that men do not learn from history.

Education History Learning Murphy’s Laws People Time

The trouble with resisting temptation is it may never come your way again.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

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?"

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The net weight of your boots is proportional to the cube of the number of hours you have been on the trail.

Activities Murphy’s Laws

Some of it, plus the rest of it, is all of it.

Murphy’s Laws

You never have the right number of pills left on the last day of a prescription.

Health Murphy’s Laws Time

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

Communication History Murphy’s Laws Speech

No matter how often you trade dinner or other invitations with in-laws, you will lose a small fortune in the exchange.

Family Money Murphy’s Laws Relationships

If you have the facts on your side, hammer the facts. If you have the law on your side, hammer the law. If you have neither the facts nor the law, hammer the table.

Facts Government Law Murphy’s Laws

The remaining distance to your chosen campsite remains constant as twilight approaches.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather

You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.

Driving Murphy’s Laws

People who park on the cast side of a football stadium will invariably have seats on the west side.

Murphy’s Laws

Some mistakes are too fun to make only once.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems