Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 81)

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Usefulness is inversely proportional to reputation for being useful.

Murphy’s Laws

Nobody notices the big errors.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Once you open a can of worms, the only way to recan them is to use a bigger can.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The probability of anything happening is in inverse ratio to its desirability.

Murphy’s Laws

There is always more dirty laundry than clean laundry.

Housework Murphy’s Laws

Never enter a battle of wits half-armed.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Only at the start/re-start of a DIY job do you realise the need to return to your toolbox/shed to retrieve another tool.

Murphy’s Laws Things Time

Far-away talent always seems better than home-developed talent.


Murphy’s Laws People

You should have seen it when I got it.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach it.

Murphy’s Laws

Stay busy, get plenty of exercise, and don’t drink too much… then again, don’t drink too little.

Age Alcohol Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws Old

Two percent don’’t get the word.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

Your own car uses more gas and oil than anyone else's.

Autos Murphy’s Laws Things

Never trust a private with a loaded weapon, or an officer with a map and compass.

Military Murphy’s Laws

The length of a progress report is inversely proportional to the amount of progress.

Murphy’s Laws

In any household, junk accumulates to fill the space available for its storage.

Murphy’s Laws Things

Whenever you decide to take the kids home, it is always five minutes earlier that they break into fights, tears, or hysteria.

Children Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

The intelligence of any discussion diminishes with the square of the number of participants.

Communication Conversation Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People Speech

If your next pot of chili tastes better, it probably is because of something left out, rather than added.

Cooking Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

Once a dish is fouled up, anything added to save it only makes it worse.

Cooking Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws