Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 68)

If you don't care where you are, you ain't lost.

The item you had your eye on the minute you walked in will be taken by the person in front of you.

Like other occult techniques of divination, the statistical method has a private jargon deliberately contrived to obscure its methods from nonpractitioners.

The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle.

There's no time like the present for postponing what you don't want to do.

If rats are experimented upon, they will develop cancer.

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

There's no such thing as a large whiskey.

No matter how many hot dogs you consume at home, they always taste better at the ball park.

Things equal to nothing else are equal to each other.

All pluses have their minuses.

Infinity is one lawyer waiting for another.

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

20% of the customers account for 80% of the turnover, 20% of the components account for 80% of the cost, and so forth.

Flattery is the sincerest form of lying.

Historical fancy is more persistent than historical fact.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

You know you have it when you can’t think of anything that’s your own fault.

No good deed goes unpunished.

A Smith and Wesson beats four aces.

The book or periodical most vital to the completion of your term paper will be missing from the library.

Corollary: If it is available, the most important page will be torn out.