Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 79)

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Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

Murphy’s Laws

More dirt comes out of a hole than you can get back into it.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

If you explain it so clearly that nobody can misunderstand, somebody will.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

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

Murphy’s Laws

When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Things Time Travel

A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete than expected; a carefully planned project takes only twice as long.

Murphy’s Laws Time

If a research project is not worth doing at all, it is not worth doing well.

Murphy’s Laws

Facts without theory are trivia. Theory without facts is bullshit.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

Fools Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Work

Bad weather reports are more often right than good ones.

Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather

Clearly stated instructions will consistently produce multiple interpretations.

Murphy’s Laws

The legibility of a copy is inversely proportional to its importance.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Always assume that your assumption is invalid.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Thinking

Some people fish in the Sea of Life without bait.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Stupidity

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

Animals Dogs Murphy’s Laws Situations Work

The only new show worth watching will be cancelled.

Entertainment Murphy’s Laws Television

Hot glass looks the same as cold glass.

Murphy’s Laws

Since no matter can be created or destroyed (excluding nuclear and cafeteria substances), as one attempts to remove unwanted material (i.e., trash) from one's living space, the remaining material mutates so as to occupy 30 to 50 percent more than its original volume.

Murphy’s Laws

If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.

Murphy’s Laws

Things get worse under pressure.

Murphy’s Laws

Those who don’t study the past will repeat its errors; those who do study it will find OTHER ways to err.

Murphy’s Laws Past People Problems