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Murphy’s Laws
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The only time you come up with a great solution is after somebody else has solved the problem.
Law of the Great Idea
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Solutions
Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don’t let anyone know it.
Beville’s Rule of Secrecy in Business
Murphy’s Laws
Richard Beville
Secrecy
Those who cannot teach – administrate.
Martin's Extension
Murphy’s Laws
Occupations
Work
Administrate
Teachers
If it moves, salute it; if it doesn't move, pick it up; if you can't pick it up, paint it.
Army Law
Military
Murphy’s Laws
Saluting
Any product cut to length will be too short.
Klipstein's Observation
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Length
Short
You can’t get here from there.
Young's Comment on Scientific Method
Murphy’s Laws
Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters in life begin when you get what you want.
Kristol's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Success
Frustration
No matter how long it takes for you to get back to pick up the shoes the shoemaker will tell you that they won't be ready until tomorrow.
Kensington's Law of Shoemaking
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Time
Envelopes and stamps which don't stick when you lick them will stick to other things when you don't want them to.
Fourth Law of Office Murphology
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Things
Envelopes
Stamps
No shoelace ever broke being untied.
Goldsmith's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Shoelace
Look after the molehills and the mountains will look after themselves.
Peter's Law of Substitution
Murphy’s Laws
Details
Molehills
If the law-makers make a compromise, the place where it will be felt most is the taxpayer’s pocket.
Deadlock's Law
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Politicians
Compromises
Taxpayers
Everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
Vonnegut’s Venting
Murphy’s Laws
Kurt Vonnegut in “Hocus Pocus”
If you start walking, the bus will come when you are precisely halfway between stops.
Rennie's Law of Public Transit
Murphy’s Laws
Buses
Transportation
The less you do, the less can go wrong.
Law of Retroaction
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Whatever you did, that's what you planned.
Featherkile's Rule
Murphy’s Laws
Plans
The chance of the bread falling with the butter side down is directly proportional to the value of the carpet.
Jennings' Corollary to the Law of Selective Gravity
Food/Drink
Murphy’s Laws
Bread
Butter
Carpet
Value
About sentence fragments.
The 19 Rules for Good Riting - 11
Communication
Language
Murphy’s Laws
Reading/Writing
Every employee begins at his level of competence.
Peter's Hidden Postulate According to Godin
Murphy’s Laws
Work
Competence
Employees
No matter how clear the skies are, a thunderstorm will move in 5 minutes after the papers are delivered.
Paperboy's rule of Weather
Murphy’s Laws
Science/Weather
If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.
Finagle's First Law
Murphy’s Laws
Success
Experiments
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