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Murphy’s Laws
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Negative expectations yield negative results; positive expectations yield negative results.
Non-Reciprocal Law of Expectations
Murphy’s Laws
Expectations
The hardness of the butter is in direct proportion to the softness of the roll.
Thiessen's Law of Gastronomy
Food/Drink
Murphy’s Laws
Butter
The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord.
Anonymous Murphy's Law
Computers
Murphy’s Laws
Science/Weather
Things
Electrical cords
Any bureaucracy reorganized to enhance efficiency is immediately indistinguishable from its predecessor.
Soper's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Bureaucracy
Efficiency
If a headline ends in a question mark, the answer is “no.”
Davis's Law
Headlines
Murphy’s Laws
Questions
Find out the cost before you get in.
Taxi Principle
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Clearly stated instructions will consistently produce multiple interpretations.
Boyle’s Eighth Law
Murphy’s Laws
Instructions
Interpretations
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
Never leave hold of what you've got until you've got hold of something else.
First Law of Wing-Walking
Murphy’s Laws
The theory is supported as long as the funds are.
Alan's Law of Research
Murphy’s Laws
Research
Theories
Everybody
works for the sales department
Woodruff’s Work Rule
Murphy’s Laws
Occupations
Work
Jeff Woodruff
The program you've been looking forward to all week will be preempted.
Jones's Third Law of TV Programming
Entertainment
Murphy’s Laws
Television
Television programs
The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach it.
Law of Biomechanics
Murphy’s Laws
Itches
If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.
Cannon's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Excuses
Whenever two fishing lines are contiguous, they will become continuous.
Rubin’s Law of Fishing Lines
Activities
Murphy’s Laws
(Louis D. Rubin)
Fishing
History does not repeat itself; historians simply repeat each other.
History
Murphy’s Laws
Time
Historians
Otto Bettman
Law expands in proportion to the resources available for its enforcement.
Oaks's Unruly Laws for Lawmakers I
Government
Murphy’s Laws
Enforcement
Legislation
1. When in charge ponder
2. When in trouble delegate
3. When in doubt mumble.
Boren's Laws for Bureaucrats
Murphy’s Laws
Speech
Bureaucracy
James Boren
Stay busy, get plenty of exercise, and don’t drink too much… then again, don’t drink too little.
Smith-Johannsen’s Secret of Longevity
Age
Alcohol
Food/Drink
Murphy’s Laws
Old
Herman “Jackrabbit” Smith-Johannsen 103-year-old Canadian cross-country skier
If you drop a full can of beer, and remember to rap the top sharply with your knuckle prior to opening, the ensuing gush of foam will be between 89 and 94 percent of the volume that would splatter you if you didn't do a damned thing and went ahead and pulled the top immediately.
Goulden's Axiom of the Bouncing Can
Alcohol
Beer
Food/Drink
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
You can always find what you're not looking for.
Maryann's Law
Murphy’s Laws
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