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(1938 – ) U.S. governor (California) & politician

Murphy’s Laws Work Briefcases Paper

Circumstances can force a generalized incompetent to become competent, at least in a specialized field.

Freemon's Rule

Murphy’s Laws Incompetence

Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved with the broth.

Fitz-Gibbon's Law

Murphy’s Laws People Creativity

The mountain gets steeper as you get closer.
Frothingham’s Corollary: The mountain looks closer than it is.

Michehl’s Rule for Prospective Mountain Climbers

Murphy’s Laws Difficulties Mountains Proximity

If anything can go wrong, it will do so in triplicate.

Murphy's Law of Government

Government Murphy’s Laws Problems Bureaucracy

Officials make work for each other.

Parkinson's Axioms II

Murphy’s Laws People Work

For every problem science solves, it creates ten new one.

Shaw’s Axiom

Murphy’s Laws Problems George Bernard Shaw

If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.

Murphy's Sixth Law

Murphy’s Laws Problems

An original idea can never emerge from committee in the original.

Anonymous

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Committees

Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.

Dykstra's Law

Murphy’s Laws People Weirdo

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

Wilcox's Law

Murphy’s Laws Kick in the ass Pat on the back

He who hesitates is probably right.

Bogovich's Law

Murphy’s Laws Hesitation

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don’t let anyone know it.

Beville’s Rule of Secrecy in Business

Murphy’s Laws Richard Beville Secrecy

Fortify your front; you’ll get your rear shot up.

A Murphy's Military Law

Military Murphy’s Laws

Any technical problem can be overcome given enough time and money.

Lerman's Corollary: You are never given enough time or money.

Lerman's Law of Technology

Money Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

For every human problem, there is a neat, simple solution and it is always wrong.

H.L. Mencken

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Murphy’s Laws Problems Solutions Wrong

In a hierarchical organization, the higher the level, the greater the confusion.

Dow's Law

Murphy’s Laws People Confusion Hierarchies Organizations

People will believe anything if you whisper it.

Whispered Rule

Beliefs Communication Murphy’s Laws Whispering

For every credibility gap there is a gullibility fill.

Clopton's Law

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Credibility gaps

The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the fabricator and impossible for the serviceman.

Anonymous Murphy's Law

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 67)

The best investment opportunities are encountered when you are broke.

The volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

Circumstances can force a generalized incompetent to become competent, at least in a specialized field.

Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved with the broth.

The mountain gets steeper as you get closer.
Frothingham’s Corollary: The mountain looks closer than it is.

If anything can go wrong, it will do so in triplicate.

Officials make work for each other.

For every problem science solves, it creates ten new one.

If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.

An original idea can never emerge from committee in the original.

Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.

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

He who hesitates is probably right.

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don’t let anyone know it.

Fortify your front; you’ll get your rear shot up.

Any technical problem can be overcome given enough time and money.

Lerman's Corollary: You are never given enough time or money.

For every human problem, there is a neat, simple solution and it is always wrong.

In a hierarchical organization, the higher the level, the greater the confusion.

People will believe anything if you whisper it.

For every credibility gap there is a gullibility fill.

The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the fabricator and impossible for the serviceman.