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When you're not in a hurry, the traffic light will turn green as soon as your vehicle comes to a complete stop.

McKee's Law

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If it looks easy, it's tough… if it looks tough, it's near impossible.

Stockmayer's Theorem

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The number of rational hypotheses that can explain any given phenomenon is infinite.

Persig's Postulate

Murphy’s Laws Hypotheses

Anytime you wish to demonstrate something, the number of faults is proportional to the number of viewers.

Bye's First Law of Model Railroading

Murphy’s Laws People Problems Demonstrations

The book you spent $20.95 for today will come out in paperback tomorrow.

Pantuso's First Law

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Once you overcome your fear of public speaking, you’ll never be asked to speak again.

Batts Second Law

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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

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The amount of wind will vary inversely with the number and experience of the people you take on board.

Deal's First Law of Sailing

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No man ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

Mencken's First Law

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The fury engendered by the misspelling of a name in a (newspaper) column is in direct ratio to the obscurity of the mentionee.

Deitz's Law of Ego

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No child throws up in the bathroom.

Laura's Law

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If you buy bananas or avocados before they are ripe, there won't be any left by the time they are ripe. If you buy them ripe, they rot before they are eaten.

Banana Principle

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There is no such thing as a short beer. (As in, "I'm going to stop off at Joe's for a short beer on the way home.")

Jinny's Law

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When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger have handled this?"

Brady's First Law of Problem Solving

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The most interesting paper will be scheduled simultaneously with the second most interesting paper.

Morris's Law of Conferences

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To err is human – to blame it on someone else is even more human.

Jacob's Law

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The more ridiculous a belief system, the higher the probability of its success.

Bartz's Law of Hokey Horsepuckery

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Bad weather reports are more often right than good ones.

The Weather-Report Rule

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

Vile's Law of Roadmanship

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When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

Clarke's First Law

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Caveats are always* forgotten.
*Caveat: except in rare instances

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 81)

When you're not in a hurry, the traffic light will turn green as soon as your vehicle comes to a complete stop.

If it looks easy, it's tough… if it looks tough, it's near impossible.

The number of rational hypotheses that can explain any given phenomenon is infinite.

Anytime you wish to demonstrate something, the number of faults is proportional to the number of viewers.

The book you spent $20.95 for today will come out in paperback tomorrow.

Once you overcome your fear of public speaking, you’ll never be asked to speak again.

Envelopes and stamps which don't stick when you lick them will stick to other things when you don't want them to.

The amount of wind will vary inversely with the number and experience of the people you take on board.

No man ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

The fury engendered by the misspelling of a name in a (newspaper) column is in direct ratio to the obscurity of the mentionee.

No child throws up in the bathroom.

If you buy bananas or avocados before they are ripe, there won't be any left by the time they are ripe. If you buy them ripe, they rot before they are eaten.

There is no such thing as a short beer. (As in, "I'm going to stop off at Joe's for a short beer on the way home.")

When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger have handled this?"

The most interesting paper will be scheduled simultaneously with the second most interesting paper.

To err is human – to blame it on someone else is even more human.

The more ridiculous a belief system, the higher the probability of its success.

Bad weather reports are more often right than good ones.

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

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

Caveats are always* forgotten.
*Caveat: except in rare instances