Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 60)

When in doubt, empty the magazine.

A pat on the back is only a few centimetres from a kick in the arse.

A bird in the hand is dead.

Twits beget twits.

Those who know the least will always know it the loudest.

There is a solution to every problem; the only difficulty is finding it.

Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.

Avoid any action with an unacceptable outcome.

If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it.

If it moves, salute it; if it doesn't move, pick it up; if you can't pick it up, paint it.

If things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

Expenditure rises to meet income.

You can go home again – you just can’t stay there.

The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

Everybody lies; but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.

Everybodyworks for the sales department

Money isn’t everything as long as you have enough.

The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.

Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you.

Never conduct negotiations before 10:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. Before 10:00 you appear too anxious, and after 4:00 they think you're desperate.

The intelligence of any discussion diminishes with the square of the number of participants.