Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 48)

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1. No matter what they're telling you, they're not telling you the whole truth. 2. No matter what they're talking about, they're talking about money.

Characteristics Honesty Lies Money Murphy’s Laws Truth

Keep up with the Grabowskis… you'll never make enough to keep up with the Joneses.

Money Murphy’s Laws

It is a simple task to make things complex, but a complex task to make them simple.

Murphy’s Laws

The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack.

Military Murphy’s Laws

The other line moves faster.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Shopping

Everything goes wrong all at once.

Murphy’s Laws Time

Professional soldiers are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Government intervention in the free market always leads to a lower national standard of living.

Government Murphy’s Laws

A manager cannot tell if he is leading an innovative mob or being chased by it.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord.

Computers Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather Things

To protect your position, fire the fastest rising employees first.

Murphy’s Laws People Situations Work

The easier it is to do the harder it is to change.

Murphy’s Laws

The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.

Military Murphy’s Laws

1. The more tangled your line is, the better the fishing is around you. 2. The time available to go fishing shrinks as the fishing season draws nearer. 3. The least experienced fisherman always catches the biggest fish.
Corollary: The more elaborate and costly the equipment, the greater chance of having to stop at the fish market on the way home.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Sports

If there are only two shows worth watching, they will be on at the same time.

Entertainment Murphy’s Laws Television

The most undesirable things are the most certain (death and taxes).

Death Murphy’s Laws Problems Taxes

There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be solved by brute strength and ignorance.

Murphy’s Laws

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

Life Murphy’s Laws Time

Bad regulation begets worse regulation.

Murphy’s Laws

The degree of failure is in direct proportion to the effort expended and to the need for success.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

1. If you must make a decision, delay it.
2. If you can authorize someone else to avoid a decision, do so.
3. If you can form a committee, have them avoid the decision.
4. If you can otherwise avoid a decision, avoid it immediately.

Murphy’s Laws