Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 64)

When a body is immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never sure.

1. If you want something badly, that's how you get it. 2. Many "get-rich-quick" schemes make millionaires – out of multi-millionaries.

The person who buys the most raffle tickets has the least chance of winning.

Watch out for irregular verbs which has cropped up into our language.

If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book.

The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack.

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

The time of departure will be delayed by the square of the number of people involved.

If a dish is dropped while removing it from the cupboard, it will hit the sink, breaking the dish and chipping or denting the sink in the process.

The illness you come down with is the one ailment your company-covered insurance does not cover.

The theory is supported as long as the funds are.

The length of a progress report is inversely proportional to the amount of progress.

 If you can tell the difference between good advice and bad advice, you don't need advice.

Interchangeable devices won't.

Halitosis is better than no breath at all.

Don't use commas, which aren't necessary.

What you don't know will always hurt you.

In a surplus labor economy, the squeaking wheel does not get the grease; it gets replaced.

When responding to an urgent message requesting an immediate return call, you will get: (1) a wrong number, (2) a busy signal, or (3) no answer

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.