Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 83)

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1. If it should exist, it doesn't.
2. If it does exist, it's out of date.
3. Only documentation for useless programs transcends the first two laws.

Murphy’s Laws

Expressways aren’t.

Autos Murphy’s Laws Things

All five-second grenade fuses will burn down in three seconds.

Arms Military Murphy’s Laws

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


Murphy’s Laws People

The stomach expands to accommodate the amount of junk food available.

Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

Any attempt to print Murphy's laws will jam the printer.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle.

(1910 – 1999) American U.S. Air Force officer & flight surgeon
Murphy’s Laws Success

The volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

(1938 – ) U.S. governor (California) & politician
Murphy’s Laws Work

No one is listening until you make a mistake.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

When all else fails, try the boss's suggestion.

Murphy’s Laws Work

If a string has one end, it has another.

Murphy’s Laws Things

Beware of the physician who is great at getting out of trouble.

Doctors Health Murphy’s Laws

The amount of time you have to wait for a bus is directly proportional to the inclemency of the weather.

Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

(1918 – 1990) American aerospace engineer
Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.

Murphy’s Laws People

Employees in a hierarchy do not really object to incompetence in their colleagues.

Murphy’s Laws People

It is a simple task to make things complex, but a complex task to make them simple.

Murphy’s Laws

Don't let go of something until you have a hold of something else.

Murphy’s Laws

Absolutum obsoletum – if it works, it’s out of date.

(1926 – 2002) British management theorist & professor
Murphy’s Laws Time

Any decision is better than no decision.

Murphy’s Laws

Nothing in the known universe travels faster than a bad check.

Money Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather Things