Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 56)

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The fewer functions any device is required to perform, the more perfectly it can perform those functions.

Murphy’s Laws Things

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

Age Death Murphy’s Laws Old

1. Incompetence knows no barriers of time or place.
2. Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
3. If at first you don't succeed, try something else.

Murphy’s Laws People Work

Law expands in proportion to the resources available for its enforcement.

Government Murphy’s Laws

1. Giving away baby clothes and furniture is a major cause of pregnancy. 2. Always be backlit. 3. Sit down whenever possible.

Appearance Murphy’s Laws Situations

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don’t let anyone know it.

Murphy’s Laws

The customer is always ripe.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Shopping

It’s better to be tried by twelve men than to be carried by six.

Conflict Crime Death Government Law Murphy’s Laws

If you don’t feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you’ll feel better; but don’t make an appointment, and you’ll stay sick.

Doctors Health Murphy’s Laws

Hot glass looks the same as cold glass.

Murphy’s Laws

If the converse of a statement is absurd, the original statement is an insult to the intelligence and should never have been said.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Speech

The amateur is the one with all the answers.

Murphy’s Laws

The best way to publicize a governmental or political action is to attempt to hide it.

Government Murphy’s Laws

If you take your boots off, you'll never get them back on again.

Murphy’s Laws

If there are two possible ways to spell a person’s name, you will pick the wrong spelling.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

A simple story, however inaccurate or misleading, is preferred to a complicated explanation, however true.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

A fool in a high station is like a man on the top of a small mountain: everything appears small to him and he appears small to everybody.

Fools Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

Murphy’s Laws Things

The degree of failure is in direct proportion to the effort expended and to the need for success.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

Undetectable errors are infinite in variety, in contrast to detectable errors, which by definition are limited.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

The number of women a man find attractive is truly proportionate to his age.

Age Men Murphy’s Laws People Women