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The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor, are directly correlated to the newness & cost of the carpet or rug.

Law of Physical Surfaces

There are those who don't even like to be rubbed the right way.

Grandma Soderquist's Thought

Murphy’s Laws People

Expenditure rises to meet income.

C. Northcote Parkinson

(1909 – 1993) British naval historian & author

Money Murphy’s Laws

Once you open a can of worms, the only way to recan them is to use a bigger can.

Zymurgy's First Law of Systems Dynamics

Murphy’s Laws Problems Can of worms Conrad Schneiker

Investment in reliability will increase until it exceeds the probable cost of errors, or until someone insists on getting some useful work done.

Glib's Fourth Law of Unreliability

Murphy’s Laws Reliability

If you start to clean your desk in the spare bedroom you will probably have to clean the garage to find what you need to finish cleaning the desk.

Watson's Law of Cleaning

Housework Murphy’s Laws Cleaning

Nothing is easy.

Wright’s Constant

Life Murphy’s Laws Problems Jonathan Wright

One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – but it is amazing how many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette.

Issawi's Law of Frustration

Murphy’s Laws Eggs Omelettes

Any new activity will cause more trouble than you can possibly imagine.

Bouchier’s Columbus Principle

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations (David Bouchier)

People with money live so damn long.

Edwinn's Corollary

Age Life Murphy’s Laws Old

A falling body always rolls to the most inaccessible spot.

Bernstein’s Law

Murphy’s Laws Theodore Bernstein

The more trivial your research, the more people will read it and agree.
Corollary: The more vital your research, the less people will understand it.

Hanggi's Law

Education Murphy’s Laws Research

Everything put together sooner or later falls apart.

Simon's Law

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

The crucial memorandum will be snared in the out-basket by the paper clip of the overlying correspondence and go to file.

Boyle’s Ninth Law

Communication Murphy’s Laws Memorandums

Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss putting in an honest day’s work.

Anonymous Murphy's Law

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Work Bosses Motivation

You will save yourself a lot of needless worry if you don't burn your bridges until you come to them.

First Rule of Negative Anticipation

Murphy’s Laws Situations Time Burning bridges Worry

Attempt to be seen with important people.

Spark's Second Rule for Managers

Murphy’s Laws Management

The best way to publicize a governmental or political action is to attempt to hide it.

Law of Secrecy

Government Murphy’s Laws Secrecy

An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance.

Peter's Placebo

Appearance Murphy’s Laws Success Image Performance

You only have a problem if you think it is a problem.

Mueller's Law

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The information conveyed is less important than the impression.

Second Law Of Communication

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 46)

The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor, are directly correlated to the newness & cost of the carpet or rug.

There are those who don't even like to be rubbed the right way.

Expenditure rises to meet income.

Once you open a can of worms, the only way to recan them is to use a bigger can.

Investment in reliability will increase until it exceeds the probable cost of errors, or until someone insists on getting some useful work done.

If you start to clean your desk in the spare bedroom you will probably have to clean the garage to find what you need to finish cleaning the desk.

Nothing is easy.

One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – but it is amazing how many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette.

Any new activity will cause more trouble than you can possibly imagine.

People with money live so damn long.

A falling body always rolls to the most inaccessible spot.

The more trivial your research, the more people will read it and agree.
Corollary: The more vital your research, the less people will understand it.

Everything put together sooner or later falls apart.

The crucial memorandum will be snared in the out-basket by the paper clip of the overlying correspondence and go to file.

Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss putting in an honest day’s work.

You will save yourself a lot of needless worry if you don't burn your bridges until you come to them.

Attempt to be seen with important people.

The best way to publicize a governmental or political action is to attempt to hide it.

An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance.

You only have a problem if you think it is a problem.

The information conveyed is less important than the impression.