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Every program has at least one bug and can be shortened by at least one instruction — from which, by induction, one can deduce that every program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work.

Programmers' Wisdom

Computers Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather Things Programming

When in trouble, obfuscate.

Halgren’s Solution

Murphy’s Laws Confusion Trouble

There's no such thing as a large whiskey.

Rev. Mahaffy's Observation

Alcohol Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws Whiskey

In any human endeavour, once you have exhausted all possibilities and fail, there will be one solution, simple and obvious, highly visible to everyone else.

Snafu Equation V

Murphy’s Laws Obvious Solutions

The bus that left the stop just before you got there is your bus.

Corcoroni's First Law of Bus Transportation

Murphy’s Laws Bus Transportation

Whenever one word or letter can change the entire meaning of a sentence, the probability of an error being made will be in direct proportion to the embarrassment it will cause.

Considine's Law

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The only way to avoid hitting a tree is to aim at it.

Pridham's Law of Golf

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The number of stones in your boot is directly proportional to the number of hours you have been on the trail.

Barber's Sixth Law of Backpacking

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The more carefully you plan a project, the more confusion there is when something goes wrong.

Fourth Workshop Principle

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Those who cannot teach – administrate.

Martin's Extension

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Every great idea has a disadvantage equal to or exceeding the greatness of the idea.

Hunt’s Law

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If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

Murphy’s Law of Lockers

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Information necessitating a change of design will be conveyed to the designer after and only after the design is complete. (Often referred to as the ‘Now They Tell Me' Law)

Fyfe's First Law of Revision

Communication Murphy’s Laws Designs Information

If a research project is not worth doing at all, it is not worth doing well.

Gordon's First Law

Murphy’s Laws Project

There's no special reason; it's just government policy.

Neville's Conclusion

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Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Hanlon's Razor

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Things hate people.

Pruett's Law of Perversity

Murphy’s Laws People Things

If you take something apart and put it back together enough times, eventually you will have two of them.

Rap's Law of Inanimate Reproduction

Murphy’s Laws Assembly

When both sides are convinced they are about to lose, they're both right.

A Murphy's Military Law

Murphy’s Laws Victory

It always takes longer to get there than to get back.

First Law of Travel

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Anything is possible if you don’t know what you are talking about.

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 69)

Every program has at least one bug and can be shortened by at least one instruction — from which, by induction, one can deduce that every program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work.

When in trouble, obfuscate.

There's no such thing as a large whiskey.

In any human endeavour, once you have exhausted all possibilities and fail, there will be one solution, simple and obvious, highly visible to everyone else.

The bus that left the stop just before you got there is your bus.

Whenever one word or letter can change the entire meaning of a sentence, the probability of an error being made will be in direct proportion to the embarrassment it will cause.

The only way to avoid hitting a tree is to aim at it.

The number of stones in your boot is directly proportional to the number of hours you have been on the trail.

The more carefully you plan a project, the more confusion there is when something goes wrong.

Those who cannot teach – administrate.

Every great idea has a disadvantage equal to or exceeding the greatness of the idea.

If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

Information necessitating a change of design will be conveyed to the designer after and only after the design is complete. (Often referred to as the ‘Now They Tell Me' Law)

If a research project is not worth doing at all, it is not worth doing well.

There's no special reason; it's just government policy.

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Things hate people.

If you take something apart and put it back together enough times, eventually you will have two of them.

When both sides are convinced they are about to lose, they're both right.

It always takes longer to get there than to get back.

Anything is possible if you don’t know what you are talking about.