Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 84)

If the shoe fits, it’s ugly.

A bachelor can only chase a girl until she catches him.

A motion to adjourn is always in order.

Murphy's Law was not propounded by Murphy, but by another man with the same name.

Any decision is better than no decision.

If enough data is collected, anything may be proven by statistical methods.

If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.

1. Other people’s tools work only in other people’s yards. 2. Fancy gizmos don’t work. 3. If nobody uses it, there’s a reason. 4. You get the most of what you need the least.

There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone, or forbid your kids to do it.

Give him an inch and he'll screw you.

You don’t start traditions – traditions start.

The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it.

If not controlled, work will flow to the competent man until he submerges.

When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.

It's always the wrong time of the month.

The accessibility, during recovery of small parts which fall from the work bench, varies directly with the size of the part and inversely with its importance to the completion of the work underway.

When in trouble, obfuscate.

The wages of sin are unreported.

You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you Can't Fool Mom.

The only time to be positive is when you are positive you are wrong.

The shortest distance between two points is a downward spiral.