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Murphy’s Laws
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In a social situation, the most difficult thing to do is usually the right thing to do.
Meyers’s Law
Murphy’s Laws
Difficulties
Good
Social situations
No one is as ugly as their passport photo.
Parson's Law of Passports
Appearance
Murphy’s Laws
Ugly
Passports
Photographs
In approaching a double door, you will always go to the one door that is locked, pull when you should have pushed, and push when the sign says pull.
Ehre's Double-Door Law
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Doors
Pull
Push
Murphy's Law was not propounded by Murphy, but by another man with the same name.
Law of Murphy's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Someone else
Murphy's Law cannot be proven, yet is correct, as when you try to prove Murphy's Law, you will see that the proof is incorrect. This is obviously due to Murphy's Law, therefore Murphy's Law is correct and proven.
Proof of Murphy's Law
Murphy’s Laws
The client who pays you the least complains the most.
Drew's Law of Professional Practice
Murphy’s Laws
Complaints
Verbs has to agree with their subject.
The 19 Rules for Good Riting - 3
Communication
Language
Murphy’s Laws
Reading/Writing
To estimate the time it takes to do a task, estimate the time you think it should take, multiply by two, and change the unit of measure to the next highest unit. (Example: allocate two days for a one-hour task)
Westheimer's Rule
Murphy’s Laws
Time
Work
Frank Westheimer
The cream rises to the top. So does the scum.
Wellington’s Law of Command
Murphy’s Laws
Nothing is so frustrating as a bad situation that is beginning to improve.
Shannon Observation
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
William Shannon
1. All the IVs are at the other end of the hall.2. There are two kinds of adhesive tape: the one that won't stay on and the one that won't come off.
Telesco's Laws of Nursing
Health
Murphy’s Laws
Adhesive tape
IVs
If the converse of a statement is absurd, the original statement is an insult to the intelligence and should never have been said.
Boultbee's Criterion
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
Speech
Statements
Every silver lining has a cloud.
Spat’s Restatement
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
When an irresistible force meets an immovable object, an unethical lawyer will immediately appear.
Law of Resistance
Lawyers
Murphy’s Laws
Hypocrisy is the Vaseline of social intercourse.
Newman's Law
Characteristics
Murphy’s Laws
Hypocrisy
Society
If you don't need it and don't want it you can have tons of it.
Murphy's Law of Supply
Murphy’s Laws
Supply
When dangling, don't use participles.
The 19 Rules for Good Riting - 7
Communication
Language
Murphy’s Laws
Reading/Writing
At any particular time, there are more horse's asses in the world than horses.
Universal Equine Equation
Characteristics
Murphy’s Laws
People
Horse's asses
There is no such thing as an unattached woman.
The Rueful Bachelor's Law
Murphy’s Laws
People
Relationships
Women
Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.
Brooks's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Time
Manpower
Projects
In a three-story building served by one elevator, nine times out of ten the elevator car will be on a floor where you are not.
Dedera's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Elevators
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