Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 7)

If you change lines, the one you just left will start to move faster than the one you are now in.

The only new show worth watching will be cancelled.

There is no proposition, no matter how foolish, for which a dozen Nobel signatures cannot be collected.

If you hit two keys on the typewriter, the one you don't want hits the paper.

No matter how hard you try, every once in a while, something is going right.

No matter how many good tables are free, you will always be given the worst available.

The only people making money these days are the ones who sell computer paper.

Old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

One and one does not necessarily make 11.

The measure of a bird dog's intelligence can be determined by the length of time it takes to resign yourself to his way of thinking.

A fool and your money are soon partners.

No one is listening until you make a mistake.

Whenever you cut your fingernails, you will find a need for them an hour later.

An object at rest will be in the wrong place.

The only thing worse than a husband who never notices what you cook or what you wear is a husband who always notices what you cook and what you wear.

Field experience is something you never get until just after you need it.

Most jobs resemble a sled dog team: no one gets a change of scenery, except the lead dog.

A committee of three gets things done if two don’t show up.

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.

There are no "free lunches," but sometimes it costs more to collect money than to give away food.

Most accidents in well-designed systems involve two or more events of low probability occurring in the worst possible combination.