Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 75)

Progress is made on alternate Fridays.

You no sooner get your head above water than someone pulls your flippers off.

Men and nations will act rationally towards each other only after all other possibilities have been exhausted.

The first pull on the cord ALWAYS sends the drapes in the wrong direction.

The longer ahead you plan a special event, and the more special it is, the more likely it is to go wrong.

The chances of solving a problem decline the closer one gets to finding out who was the cause of the problem.

Of all possible committee reactions to any given agenda item, the reaction that will occur is the one which will liberate the greatest amount of hot air.

If you really need an officer in a hurry, take a nap.

When you are served a meal aboard an aircraft, the aircraft will encounter turbulence.

Happiness is a warm puppy with an empty bladder.

The more zeros found in the price tag for a government program, the less Congressional scrutiny it will receive.

Anything in parentheses can be ignored.

At any public relations luncheon, the quality of the food is inversely related to the quality of the information.

Careful planning has no affect on either Part 1 or Part 2.

Remember on your walk through life, the grass made greener on the other side of the fence is caused by “pasture pies.”

The progress of science varies inversely with the number of journals published.

Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself.

If you have to park six blocks away, you will find two new parking spaces right in front of the building entrance.

When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.

In my opinion I think that the author when he is writing should not get into the habit of making use of too many unnecessary words which he does not really need.

A computer makes as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working 20 years.