Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 6)

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Anything in parentheses can be ignored.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

The efficiency of a committee meeting is inversely proportional to the number of participants and the time spent on deliberations.

Murphy’s Laws Time

To estimate the time it takes to do a task, estimate the time you think it should take, multiply by two, and change the unit of measure to the next highest unit. (Example: allocate two days for a one-hour task)

Murphy’s Laws Time Work

Old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

Age Murphy’s Laws

Batteries die at the most critical time of the most complex problem.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

Things hate people.

Murphy’s Laws People Things

Scientists who dislike the restraints of highly organized research like to remark that a truly great research worker needs only three pieces of equipment – a pencil, a piece of paper, and a brain… but they quote this maxim more often at academic banquets than at budget hearings.

Money Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather

Tolerances will accumulate unidirectionally toward maximum difficulty of assembly.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

If you have something to do and you put it off for long enough, the chances are someone else will do it for you.

Murphy’s Laws Time

All general statements are false.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

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

Military Murphy’s Laws War

It is usually impractical to worry beforehand about interferences; if you have none, someone will make one for you.

Murphy’s Laws

Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of the programmer who must maintain it.

Computers Murphy’s Laws Things

Expansion means complexity; and complexity decay.

Murphy’s Laws

If at first you don’t succeed, read the manual.

Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Never drink anything that’s still on fire.

Alcohol Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

Whenever you decide to take the kids home, it is always five minutes earlier that they break into fights, tears, or hysteria.

Children Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

Murphy's Law cannot be proven, yet is correct, as when you try to prove Murphy's Law, you will see that the proof is incorrect. This is obviously due to Murphy's Law, therefore Murphy's Law is correct and proven.

Murphy’s Laws

All trails have more uphill sections than they have level or downhill sections.

Activities Murphy’s Laws

The hardness of the butter is in direct proportion to the softness of the bread.

Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

A committee is the only life form with 12 stomachs and no brain.

Murphy’s Laws People