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A consultant is someone who, when hired to find out what time it is, borrows your watch to find out.

Rodriguez's Observation

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An inexorable upward movement leads administrators to higher salaries and narrower spans of control.

Riesman's Law

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If you do a job twice, it’s yours.

Shanebrook’s Law

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When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.

Lynch's Law

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Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

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Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish yourself as an expert.

Ryan's Law

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He who hesitates is last.

Lyon's Law of Hesitation

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The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.

Man In The Street Law

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Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.

Preston's Axiom

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Anything asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Hitchens’ Razor

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The speed of exit of a civil servant is directly proportional to the quality of his service.

Nader's Law

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1. The telephone will ring when you are outside the door, fumbling for your keys.
2. You will reach it just in time to hear the click of the caller hanging up.

Bess’s Universal Principles

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Virtue is just vice at rest.

Gentry's Conclusion

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Those who are unable to learn from past meetings are condemned to repeat them.

McKernan's Maxim

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Badness comes in waves.

Snafu Equation VI

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Bus schedules are arranged so your bus will arrive at the transfer point precisely one minute after the connecting bus has left.

Corcoroni's Fifth Law of Bus Transportation

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People who eat natural foods will die of natural causes.

Smith’s Law of Dietary Certainty

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If you volunteer to do a task that nobody likes to do, you'll be expected to do it every time in the future.

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The one course you must take to graduate will not be offered during your last semester.

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 49)

The easy way is always mined.

The program you've been looking forward to all week will be preempted.

A consultant is someone who, when hired to find out what time it is, borrows your watch to find out.

An inexorable upward movement leads administrators to higher salaries and narrower spans of control.

If you do a job twice, it’s yours.

When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish yourself as an expert.

He who hesitates is last.

The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.

Anything asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

The speed of exit of a civil servant is directly proportional to the quality of his service.

1. The telephone will ring when you are outside the door, fumbling for your keys.
2. You will reach it just in time to hear the click of the caller hanging up.

Virtue is just vice at rest.

Those who are unable to learn from past meetings are condemned to repeat them.

Badness comes in waves.

Bus schedules are arranged so your bus will arrive at the transfer point precisely one minute after the connecting bus has left.

People who eat natural foods will die of natural causes.

If you volunteer to do a task that nobody likes to do, you'll be expected to do it every time in the future.

The one course you must take to graduate will not be offered during your last semester.