Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 7)

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In any decision situation, the amount of relevant information available is inversely proportional to the importance of the decision.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.

Murphy’s Laws

Pills to be taken in twos always come out of the bottle in threes.

Health Murphy’s Laws

Social legislation cannot repeal physical laws.

Government Murphy’s Laws

Twitter makes you like people you don’t know, and Facebook makes you hate people you do

Communication Murphy’s Laws

Trouble strikes in series of threes, but when working around the house the next job after a series of three is not the fourth job – it's the start of a brand new series of three.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Work

If, while you are in school, there is a shortage of qualified personnel in a particular field, then by the time you graduate with the necessary qualifications, that field's employment is glutted.


Education Learning Murphy’s Laws School

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.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Speech

Incoming fire has the right-of-way.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Any action for which there is no logical explanation will be deemed "company policy."

Murphy’s Laws

Find out the cost before you get in.

Money Murphy’s Laws

Anything is edible if it is chopped finely enough.

Eating Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

Try to look unimportant, because the bad guys may be low on ammo and not want to waste a bullet on you.

Military Murphy’s Laws

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.

Murphy’s Laws

Remember that not all the faculty have all their faculties.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Any bureaucracy reorganized to enhance efficiency is immediately indistinguishable from its predecessor.

Murphy’s Laws

Surprise is an event that takes place only in the mind of a commander.

Military Murphy’s Laws

The faster a computer is, the faster it will reach a crashed state.

Computers Failure Murphy’s Laws Things

Don't let go of something until you have a hold of something else.

Murphy’s Laws

If it looks easy, it's tough… if it looks tough, it's near impossible.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Situations

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws