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Subject:
Murphy’s Laws
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A little ambiguity never hurt anyone.
Suhor's Law
Characteristics
Murphy’s Laws
Ambiguity
No experiment is ever a complete failure – it can always serve as a negative example.
Futility Factor
Failure
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Experiments
If you allow someone to get in front of you, you both will have the same destination, and the other car will get the last parking space.
Athena’s Rule of Driving Courtesy
Driving
Murphy’s Laws
Any system or program, however complicated, if looked at in exactly the right way, will become even more complicated.
Anderson's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Complication
Urgency varies inversely with importance.
Frothingham's Fourth Law
Murphy’s Laws
Time
Urgency
Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.
Hartley's Second Law
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
Sleep
Crazy
It's better to go when you have to go – than to go and find you've already gone.
Campbell's Travelling-with-the-Kids Law
Children
Murphy’s Laws
Travel
No matter how many alterations, cheap pants never fit.
Taylor's Law of Tailoring
Appearance
Clothing
Murphy’s Laws
(also Firth’s Law of Tailoring)
A motion to adjourn is always in order.
Parker's Rule of Parliamentary Procedure
Murphy’s Laws
Meetings
The tire is only flat on the bottom.
Fishbein's Conclusion
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
Things
Flat tires
All women marry beneath them.
Astor’s Axiom
Marriage
Murphy’s Laws
Women
(Nancy Astor)
Its important to use apostrophe's right.
The 19 Rules for Good Riting - 14
Communication
Language
Murphy’s Laws
Reading/Writing
You can’t learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
Maugham's Law
Characteristics
Murphy’s Laws
Principles
Nobody really knows what is going on anywhere within the organization.
Johnson's Corollary
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
Knowledge
Organizations
Nothing is so simple it cannot be misunderstood.
Freeman's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Misunderstanding
Simplicity
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
Acheson's Rule of the Bureaucracy
Communication
Murphy’s Laws
Reading/Writing
Memo
Protection
Writer
The more qualified candidates who are available, the more likely the compromise will be on the candidate whose main qualification is a non-threatening incompetence.
Cohen's Law of Competition
Elections/Voting
Government
Murphy’s Laws
Candidates
Incompetence
You can never be sure how many beers you had last night.
The Heineken Uncertainty Principle
Alcohol
Beer
Murphy’s Laws
When all else fails, follow instructions.
Allen's Axiom
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Instructions
The longer the title, the less important the job.
McGovern's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Work
Titles
You have taken yourself too seriously.
The Fifth Rule
Characteristics
Murphy’s Laws
People
Self
Seriousness
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