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Murphy’s Laws
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An expert is anyone from out of town.
Mars's Rule
Murphy’s Laws
Experts
One of the greatest unsolved riddles of restaurant eating is that the customer usually gets faster service when the restaurant is crowded than when it is half empty; it seems that the less the staff has to do, the slower they do it.
Harris's Restaurant Paradox
Food/Drink
Murphy’s Laws
Crowds
Restaurants
Riddles
Speed
The more boring and out-of-date the magazines in the waiting room, the longer you will have to wait for your scheduled appointment.
Second Principle for Patients
Health
Murphy’s Laws
Magazines
About one-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
Kennedy’s Law
Government
Murphy’s Laws
(Robert F. Kennedy)
Opposition
The other line moves faster.
Etorre's Observation
Activities
Murphy’s Laws
Shopping
Lines
Whenever an expert is confounded by a seemingly insoluble problem, the solution is immediately obvious to the first unqualified person who happens along.
Anonymous Murphy’s Law
Murphy’s Laws
Experts
Solutions
Thinly sliced cabbage.
Cole's Law
Communication
Murphy’s Laws
Wordplay
For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap.
Symington’s Law
Murphy’s Laws
Credibility gap
Senater Stuart Symington
Mines are equal opportunity weapons.
A Murphy's Military Law
Arms
Military
Murphy’s Laws
Mines
All battles are fought at the junction of two or more map sheets… printed at different scales.
A Murphy's Military Law
Military
Murphy’s Laws
Maps
Murphy's Law cannot be proven, yet is correct, as when you try to prove Murphy's Law, you will see that the proof is incorrect. This is obviously due to Murphy's Law, therefore Murphy's Law is correct and proven.
Proof of Murphy's Law
Murphy’s Laws
The greater the funding, the longer it takes to make the mistake.
Corollary to Young's Law
Mistakes
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Time
Funding
In order to get a loan you must first prove you don't need it.
Bankers Axiom
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Banks
Loans
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
Townsend’s Law of Life
Death
Murphy’s Laws
O.J. Bud Townsend
There's no time like the present for postponing what you don't want to do.
Hecht’s Fourth Law
Murphy’s Laws
Procrastination
If you really need an officer in a hurry, take a nap.
Murphy's Eighth Military Law
Military
Murphy’s Laws
Naps
Officers
Success can be insured only by devising a defense against failure of the contingency plan.
Anonymous
Failure
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Success
When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.
Lynch's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Situations
A pair of scissors should be a true pair; the second pair is to be used in place of the pair that is never where it is always supposed to be.
Aunt Emmie’s Third Law
Murphy’s Laws
Things
From Owen Elliott’s Aunt Emmie
Scissors
In a bureaucratic hierarchy, the higher up the organization the less people appreciate Murphy's Law.
Rogers's Observation
Murphy’s Laws
Bureaucracy
Hierarchy
One child is not enough, but two children are far too many.
O'Toole's Axiom
Children
Family
Murphy’s Laws
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