Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 85)

1. Never use one word when a dozen will suffice.
2. If it can be understood, it's not finished yet.
3. Never be the first to do anything.

When a broken appliance is demonstrated to the repairman, it will work perfectly.

Whenever a system becomes completely defined, someone discovers something which either abolishes the system or expands it beyond recognition.

Liars get caught by the tale.

No one is listening until you make a mistake.

‘Push’ is the force exerted upon the door marked PULL.

Any theory can be made to fit any facts by means of appropriate additional assumptions.

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

Nothing ever comes out as planned.

Don't use a run-on sentence you got to punctuate it.

Food that tastes the best has the highest number of calories.

If only two cars are left in a vast parking lot, one will be blocking the other.

No boss will keep an employee who is right all the time.

Anytime you wish to demonstrate something, the number of faults is proportional to the number of viewers.

It requires less energy to take an object out of its proper place than to put it back.

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.

When walking a dog, be sure then animal is smaller than you.

1. If you like it, they don't have it in your size. 2. If you like it and its in your size, it doesn't fit anyway. 3. If you like it and it fits, you can't afford it. 4. If you like it, it fits, and you can afford it, it falls apart the first time you wash it.

The net weight of your boots is proportional to the cube of the number of hours you have been on the trail.

1. Giving away baby clothes and furniture is a major cause of pregnancy. 2. Always be backlit. 3. Sit down whenever possible.

Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan.