Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 59)

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Chaos always wins, because it’s better organized.

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Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.

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Rule A: Don’t.

Rule A1: Rule A doesn’t exist.

Rule A2: Do not discuss the existence or non-existence of Rules A, A1, or A2.

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Murphy’s Laws

Never program and drink beer at the same time.

Alcohol Beer Computers Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws Things

The quantity which must be multiplied by, divided by, added to or subtracted from the answer you get to give the answer you should have got.

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Anything in parentheses can be ignored.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

The direction of take-off will be opposite that of the final destination.

Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather

In America, it's not how much an item costs, it's how much you save.

America Money Murphy’s Laws Places

Don't lie, steal, or cheat unnecessarily.

Characteristics Conflict Honesty Murphy’s Laws

Vital papers will demonstrate their vitality by spontaneously moving from where you left them to where you can't find them.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.

Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather

The most valuable quotation will be the one for which you cannot determine the source.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

In any dealings with a collective body of people, the people will always be more tacky than originally expected.

Murphy’s Laws People

Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

Government Murphy’s Laws Politics

The length of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.

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Check to see if you any words out.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on.

Murphy’s Laws

The distance to the gate from which your flight departs is inversely proportional to the time remaining before the scheduled departure of the flight.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Time Travel

After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

Anybody can win – unless there happens to be a second entry.

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The successful pundit is provided more opportunities to say things than he has things worth saying.

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