Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 59)

Anything that happens enough times to irritate you will happen at least once more.

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

The usefulness of any meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance.

The ratio of time involved in work to time available for work is usually about 0.6.

People to whom you are attracted invariably think you remind them of someone else.

1 + 1 hardly ever equals 2.

Smile, tomorrow will be worse.

No books are lost by loaning except those you particularly wanted to keep.

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

Only errors exist.
Berman's Corollary to Robert's Axiom: One man's error is another man's data.

No matter which way you ride, it's uphill and against the wind.

The amount of time required to complete a government project is precisely equal to the length of time already spent on it.

Bus schedules are arranged so your bus will arrive at the transfer point precisely one minute after the connecting bus has left.

Never throw away anything unless you know what it came from.

A bird in the hand is dead.

Any bus that can be the wrong bus will be the wrong bus. All others are out of service or full.

A consultant may be defined as an unemployed practitioner.

Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of.

If only one solution can be found for a field problem, then it is usually a stupid solution.

1. If you like it, they don't have it in your size. 2. If you like it and its in your size, it doesn't fit anyway. 3. If you like it and it fits, you can't afford it. 4. If you like it, it fits, and you can afford it, it falls apart the first time you wash it.

1. Never use one word when a dozen will suffice.
2. If it can be understood, it's not finished yet.
3. Never be the first to do anything.