Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 83)

The damage rarely exceeds the deductible.

To spot the expert, pick the one who predicts the job will take the longest and cost the most.

1. A dirty book is seldom dusty.
2. Any time you get a mouthful of hot soup, the next thing you do will be wrong.
3. How long a minute is, depends on which side of the bathroom door you're on.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

Security isn’t. Management can’t. Sales promotions don’t. Customer assistance doesn’t. Worker’s won’t.

The new hardware will break down as soon as the old is disconnected and out.

The bag that breaks is the one with the eggs.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.

The most important item in an order will no longer be available.

If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

Always assume that your assumption is invalid.

If you can’t navigate a one-level, five-item phone tree, you didn’t need a computer anyway.

The degree of technical competence is inversely proportional to the level of management.

Mines are equal opportunity weapons.

The one who says it can’t be done shouldn’t interrupt the one doing it.

A dropped object will fall with an acceleration of 32 feet per second per second, and if it is your wallet, it will make every effort to land in a public toilet.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Whenever someone you know, or someone you do business with, moves to a new location, it’s always farther away.

Verbs has to agree with their subject.

1. You can get “anywhere” in ten minutes if you go fast enough.
2. Speed bumps are of negligible effect when the vehicle exceeds triple the desired restraining speed.
3. The vehicle in front of you is traveling slower than you are.
4. This lane ends in 500 feet.

The more food you prepare, the less your guests eat.

The correct advice to give is the advice that is desired.