Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 6)

Negative expectations yield negative results; positive expectations yield negative results.

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

The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord.

Any bureaucracy reorganized to enhance efficiency is immediately indistinguishable from its predecessor.

If a headline ends in a question mark, the answer is “no.”

Find out the cost before you get in.

Clearly stated instructions will consistently produce multiple interpretations.

No matter which side of door the cat or dog is on, it's the wrong side.

Never leave hold of what you've got until you've got hold of something else.

The theory is supported as long as the funds are.

Everybodyworks for the sales department

The program you've been looking forward to all week will be preempted.

The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach it.

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.

Whenever two fishing lines are contiguous, they will become continuous.

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

Law expands in proportion to the resources available for its enforcement.

1. When in charge ponder
2. When in trouble delegate
3. When in doubt mumble.

Stay busy, get plenty of exercise, and don’t drink too much… then again, don’t drink too little.

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.

You can always find what you're not looking for.