Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 80)

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The candy bar you planned to eat on the way home from the market is hidden at the bottom of the grocery bag.

Murphy’s Laws Shopping

If a headline ends in a question mark, the answer is “no.”

Headlines Murphy’s Laws

If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it’s the light of the oncoming train.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws

If the people of a democracy are allowed to do so, they will vote away the freedoms which are essential to that democracy.

Democracy Elections/Voting Government Murphy’s Laws

Politicians who vote huge expenditures to alleviate problems get re-elected; those who propose structural changes to prevent problems get early retirement.

Government Money Murphy’s Laws Politicians

Anything is easier to take apart than it is to put together.

Murphy’s Laws Things

No matter what stage of completion one reaches in a North Sea (oil) field, the cost of the remainder of the project remains the same.

Money Murphy’s Laws

The successful pundit is provided more opportunities to say things than he has things worth saying.

Murphy’s Laws

Wear the right costume and the part plays itself.

Appearance Clothing Murphy’s Laws

Never let your studies interfere with your education.

Education Learning Murphy’s Laws School

Super-competence is more objectionable than incompetence.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Problems

New systems generate new problems.

Murphy’s Laws

It is always the partner’s fault.

Murphy’s Laws

The guy you beat out of a prime parking space is the one you have to see for a job interview.

Murphy’s Laws

The sooner you fall behind, the more time you will have to catch up.

Murphy’s Laws Time

If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book.

Education Murphy’s Laws School

The more complicated and grandiose the plan, the greater the chance of a screw-up.

Murphy’s Laws

Don't worry… nobody gives a hoot anyway.

Murphy’s Laws People

There are no "free lunches," but sometimes it costs more to collect money than to give away food.

Money Murphy’s Laws

The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Fear Greeks, even when they bring gifts.

Murphy’s Laws