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Murphy’s Laws
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Security isn’t. Management can’t. Sales promotions don’t. Customer assistance doesn’t. Worker’s won’t.
Brook's Laws of Retailing
Murphy’s Laws
Work
Business
Everybody wants to peel his own banana.
Young's Principle on Emergent Individuation
Food/Drink
Murphy’s Laws
When walking a dog, be sure then animal is smaller than you.
Kassorla's Safe-Distance Axiom
Animals
Dogs
Murphy’s Laws
In a bureaucratic hierarchy, the higher up the organization the less people appreciate Murphy's Law.
Rogers's Observation
Murphy’s Laws
Bureaucracy
Hierarchy
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.
Porkingham's Laws of Sportfishing
Activities
Murphy’s Laws
Sports
Fishing
Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of.
Agnes' Law
Life
Murphy’s Laws
The number of stones in your boot is directly proportional to the number of hours you have been on the trail.
Barber's Sixth Law of Backpacking
Activities
Murphy’s Laws
Backpacking
Hiking
Consistency is always easier to defend than correctness.
Air Force Inertia Axiom
Murphy’s Laws
Consistency
If a thing cannot be fitted into something smaller than itself, some dope will do it.
Yapp's Basic Fact
Murphy’s Laws
Science/Weather
Size
1. Anyone can make a decision given enough facts. 2. A good manager can make a decision without enough facts. 3. A perfect manager can operate in perfect ignorance.
Spencer's Laws of Data
Facts
Murphy’s Laws
Decisions
Managers
If you don't say it, they can't repeat it.
Munnecke's Law
Communication
Murphy’s Laws
Speech
Progress is made on alternate Fridays.
Nienberg's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Fridays
Progress
Whenever you cut your fingernails, you will find a need for them an hour later.
Witten's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Fingernails
Thinly sliced cabbage.
Cole's Law
Communication
Murphy’s Laws
Wordplay
You can't win; You can't break even; You can't quit.
Ginsberg's Theorem
Murphy’s Laws
If your project doesn't work, look for the part you didn't think was important.
Biondi's Law
Failure
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
If only one price can be obtained for any quotation, the price will be unreasonable.
Law of the Marketplace
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Prices
Incoming fire has the right of way.
Murphy's Fourth Military Law
Military
Murphy’s Laws
War
Incoming fire
Right of way
No matter which side of door the cat or dog is on, it's the wrong side.
Pet Principle
Animals
Cats
Dogs
Murphy’s Laws
Doors
You can throw a burnt match out the window of your car and start a forest fire, but you can use two boxes of matches and a whole edition of the Sunday paper without being able to start a fire under the dry logs in your fireplace.
Gumperson's – Corollary III
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
Starting a fire
The bigger the man, the less likely he is to object to caricature.
Le Pelley's Law
Murphy’s Laws
People
Caricature
Importance
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