Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 55)

Never worry about the bullet with your name on it; instead, worry about shrapnel addressed to 'occupant.’

Trouble strikes in series of threes, but when working around the house the next job after a series of three is not the fourth job – it's the start of a brand new series of three.

The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it's compromising.

A bird in the hand is safer than one overhead.

Any horizontal surface is soon piled up.

The best shots happen immediately after the last frame is exposed.

The one time during the day you lean back and relax is the one time the boss walks by.

Kickbacks must always exceed bribes.

A situation in which a desired outcome or solution is impossible to attain because of a set of inherently illogical rules.

At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle, always arrive last.

Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.

Information necessitating a change of design will be conveyed to the designer after and only after the design is complete. (Often referred to as the ‘Now They Tell Me' Law)

If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it.

The incidence of anything worthwhile is either 15-25 percent or 80-90 percent.

The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee.

Those who express random thoughts to legislative committees are often surprised and appalled to find themselves the instigators of law.

No shoelace ever broke being untied.

A prerequisite for a desired course will be offered only during the following semester.

When you move something to a more logical place, you only can remember where it used to be and your decision to move it.

1. Important mail arrives late. 2. Junk mail arrives the day it was sent.

Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan.