Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 6)

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Anytime you wish to demonstrate something, the number of faults is proportional to the number of viewers.

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

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

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

History does not repeat itself; historians simply repeat each other.

Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author

The net weight of your boots is proportional to the cube of the number of hours you have been on the trail.

There is no substitute for good manners… except, perhaps, fast reflexes.

Circumstances can force a generalized incompetent to become competent, at least in a specialized field.

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.

No project was ever completed on time and within budget.

Any simple theory will be worded in the most complicated way.

Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters in life begin when you get what you want.

Secret sources are more credible.

Them what has – gets.

Chicken Little only has to be right once.

If you have the facts on your side, hammer the facts. If you have the law on your side, hammer the law. If you have neither the facts nor the law, hammer the table.

The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.

If you don't say it, they can't repeat it.

1. The more tangled your line is, the better the fishing is around you. 2. The time available to go fishing shrinks as the fishing season draws nearer. 3. The least experienced fisherman always catches the biggest fish.
Corollary: The more elaborate and costly the equipment, the greater chance of having to stop at the fish market on the way home.