Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 84)

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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

A consultant may be defined as an unemployed practitioner.

Murphy’s Laws

When you are right, be logical; when you are wrong, be-fuddle.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.

Money Murphy’s Laws Shopping Time

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

Murphy’s Laws

A clever remark is one you don’t make at the appropriate moment but compose immediately after.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech

No matter where you are, there you are.

Murphy’s Laws Places

If you can find something everyone agrees on, it’s wrong.

Murphy’s Laws

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.

Murphy’s Laws

The number of different hypotheses erected to explain a given biological phenomenon is inversely proportional to the available knowledge.

Murphy’s Laws

1. The more tangled your line is, the better the fishing is around you. 2. The time available to go fishing shrinks as the fishing season draws nearer. 3. The least experienced fisherman always catches the biggest fish.
Corollary: The more elaborate and costly the equipment, the greater chance of having to stop at the fish market on the way home.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Sports

Those most opposed to serving on committees are made chairmen.

Murphy’s Laws

Experts in advanced countries underestimate by a factor of 2 to 4 the ability of people in underdeveloped countries to do anything technical.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Places

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may diet.

Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws Wordplay

Most accidents in well-designed systems involve two or more events of low probability occurring in the worst possible combination.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Problems

The one piece that the plant forgot to ship is the one that supports 75% of the balance of the shipment.

Murphy’s Laws Things

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

Murphy’s Laws

Any system or program, however complicated, if looked at in exactly the right way, will become even more complicated.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

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

Anger Characteristics Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't.

Arms Government Military Murphy’s Laws

Any plumbing pipes you choose to replace during renovation will prove to be in excellent condition; those you decide to leave in place will be rotten.

Murphy’s Laws