Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 52)

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In a three-story building served by one elevator, nine times out of ten the elevator car will be on a floor where you are not.

Murphy’s Laws

The new hardware will break down as soon as the old is disconnected and out.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations Things

If it’s good, they’ll stop making it.

(1909 – 2001) editorial cartoonist & author
Murphy’s Laws Things

A professional is one who does a good job even when he doesn't feel like it.

Murphy’s Laws Occupations Work

The minute you sign a client is the minute you start to lose him.

Murphy’s Laws

No matter how minor the task, you will inevitably end up covered with grease and motor oil.

Autos Murphy’s Laws Things

The less work an organization produces, the more frequently it reorganizes.

Murphy’s Laws

The driver behind you wants to go five miles per hour faster.

Autos Driving Murphy’s Laws Things

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

A motion to adjourn is always in order.

Murphy’s Laws

Look after the molehills and the mountains will look after themselves.

Murphy’s Laws

The illness you come down with is the one ailment your company-covered insurance does not cover.

Health Murphy’s Laws

The lagging activity in a project will invariably be found in the area where the highest overtime rates lie waiting.

Money Murphy’s Laws

The first bug to hit a clean windshield lands directly in front of your eyes.

Autos Driving Murphy’s Laws Things

The squeaky wheel doesn't always get greased; it often gets replaced.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.

Government Murphy’s Laws

Halitosis is better than no breath at all.

Murphy’s Laws

The probability of arriving at the job site without a needed tool or with the wrong hardware are directly proportional with the square of the travel distance.
Corollary: You will always have what you need when the job is next to your shop.

Murphy’s Laws Things Work

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons!

Arms Conflict Military Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

A man should be greater than some of his parts.

Murphy’s Laws People

If “sense” is so common, how come we don’t see more of it around?

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws