Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 59)

Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.

Actually, it only seems as though you mustn't be deceived by appearances.

If an experiment works, you must be using the wrong equipment.

Look after the molehills and the mountains will look after themselves.

If on an actuarial basis there is a 50-50 chance that something will go wrong, it will actually go wrong nine times out of ten.

Whatever women do, they must do it twice as well as men to be thought half as good.

The closest library doesn't have the material you need.

1. You can get “anywhere” in ten minutes if you go fast enough.
2. Speed bumps are of negligible effect when the vehicle exceeds triple the desired restraining speed.
3. The vehicle in front of you is traveling slower than you are.
4. This lane ends in 500 feet.

The only time suppressive fire works is when it is used on abandoned positions.

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

Any child who chatters nonstop at home will adamantly refuse to utter a word when requested to demonstrate for an audience.

The person who buys the most raffle tickets has the least chance of winning.

The repairman will never have seen a model quite like yours before.

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

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.

Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.

Since no matter can be created or destroyed (excluding nuclear and cafeteria substances), as one attempts to remove unwanted material (i.e., trash) from one's living space, the remaining material mutates so as to occupy 30 to 50 percent more than its original volume.

Density of fire increases proportionally to the curiousness of the target.

If you have watched a TV series only once, and you watch it again, it will be a rerun of the same episode.

After large expenditures of federal, state, and county funds; after much confusion generated by detours and road blocks; after greatly annoying the surrounding population with noise, dust, and fumes – the previously existing traffic jam is relocated by one-half mile.