Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 54)

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Whenever you decide to take the kids home, it is always five minutes earlier that they break into fights, tears, or hysteria.

Children Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

When the issue is trivial, and everyone understands it, debate is almost interminable.

Murphy’s Laws Time

When in doubt, take the trick.

Activities Games Murphy’s Laws

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

Murphy’s Laws War

The intelligence of any discussion diminishes with the square of the number of participants.

Communication Conversation Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People Speech

You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.

Driving Murphy’s Laws

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

Health Military Murphy’s Laws

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician
Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations Things

The probability of a young man meeting a desirable and receptive young female increases by pyramidal progression when he is already in the company of: 1. a date, 2.his wife, 3. a better looking and richer male friend.

Dating Men Murphy’s Laws Relationships Women

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

Murphy’s Laws

Say no… then negotiate.

Murphy’s Laws

A little ignorance can go a long way.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Stupidity

The number of different hypotheses erected to explain a given biological phenomenon is inversely proportional to the available knowledge.

Murphy’s Laws

Negative expectation thwarts realization, and self-congratulation guarantees disaster. (Or, simply put… if you think of it, it won't happen quite that way.)

Murphy’s Laws

There is a tendency for the person in the most powerful position in an organization to spend all his time serving on committees and signing letters.

Murphy’s Laws Time

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 Laws

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

1. Get elected
2. Get re-elected
3. Don’t get mad, get even.

Anger Elections/Voting Emotions Government Murphy’s Laws Politicians

The first pull on the cord ALWAYS sends the drapes in the wrong direction.

Murphy’s Laws Things

People will believe anything if you whisper it.

Beliefs Communication Murphy’s Laws

After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has been removed.

Murphy’s Laws