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The number of people in any working group tends to increase regardless of the amount of work to be done.

Parkinson's Fourth Law

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There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

Thurber's Conclusion

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The smaller the ball used in a sport, the better the book.

Plimpton's Small Ball Theory

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The book you spent $20.95 for today will come out in paperback tomorrow.

Pantuso's First Law

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

Kierkegaard's Observation

Life Murphy’s Laws Time Advice

If you don't need it and don't want it you can have tons of it.

Murphy's Law of Supply

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Whenever someone you know, or someone you do business with, moves to a new location, it’s always farther away.

Springer’s Law

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The workbench is always untidier than last time. General Law: The chaos in the universe always increases.

Special Law

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Never conduct negotiations before 10:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. Before 10:00 you appear too anxious, and after 4:00 they think you're desperate.

Eddie's First Law of Business

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Pocket calculator batteries that have lasted all semester will fail during the math final.

First Law of Final Exams

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Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.

Mignon McLaughlin

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author

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If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.

Murphy's Original Law

Murphy’s Laws Catastrophies

Some is good, more is better, too much is just right.

Great American Axiom

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When opportunity knocks, you’ve got headphones on.

Schrimpton's Law of Teenage Opportunity

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The simple explanation always follows the complex solution.

Lunsford's Rule of Scientific Endeavor

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The comfort of turning 49 is the realization that you are now too old to die young.

Diskson’s Rule of 49

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The measure of a bird dog's intelligence can be determined by the length of time it takes to resign yourself to his way of thinking.

Call's Law of Frustration

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Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.

Manley's Maxim

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Anything is easier to take apart than it is to put together.

Washlevsky's Rule

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An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.

Booker's Law

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 5)

Whatever goes us, stays up.

The number of people in any working group tends to increase regardless of the amount of work to be done.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

The smaller the ball used in a sport, the better the book.

The book you spent $20.95 for today will come out in paperback tomorrow.

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

If you don't need it and don't want it you can have tons of it.

Whenever someone you know, or someone you do business with, moves to a new location, it’s always farther away.

The workbench is always untidier than last time. General Law: The chaos in the universe always increases.

Never conduct negotiations before 10:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. Before 10:00 you appear too anxious, and after 4:00 they think you're desperate.

Pocket calculator batteries that have lasted all semester will fail during the math final.

Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.

If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.

Some is good, more is better, too much is just right.

When opportunity knocks, you’ve got headphones on.

The simple explanation always follows the complex solution.

The comfort of turning 49 is the realization that you are now too old to die young.

The measure of a bird dog's intelligence can be determined by the length of time it takes to resign yourself to his way of thinking.

Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.

Anything is easier to take apart than it is to put together.

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.