Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 59)

Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.

You are always complimented on the item that took the least effort to prepare. Example: If you make roast turkey, you will be complimented on the baked potato.

Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you; tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch it to be sure.

The length of time it takes a bill to pass through the legislature is in inverse proportion to the number of lobbying groups favoring it.

In an otherwise empty locker room, any two individuals will have adjoining lockers.

Money isn’t everything as long as you have enough.

Nearly all prophecies made in public are wrong.

It if smells bad and is sticky, it will eventually find its way onto your children or your shoes.

When team members are finally in a position to help the team, it turns out they have quit the team.

Anything worth doing is worth doing in excess.

Make it too tough for the enemy to get in and you can't get out.

Only kings, editors, and people with tapeworm have the right to use the editorial "we."

Pills to be taken in twos always come out of the bottle in threes.

No matter how strong the breeze when you leave the dock, once you have reached the furthest point from port the wind will die.

If anything can go wrong it will go wrong when Mr. Murphy is out of town.

Only at the start/re-start of a DIY job do you realise the need to return to your toolbox/shed to retrieve another tool.

Those whose approval you seek the most give you the least.

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Every organization has an allotted number of positions to be filled by misfits.

Corollary: Once a misfit leaves, another will be recruited.

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little while longer.

When all else fails, try the boss's suggestion.

The bigger they are, the harder they hit.