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Important letters that contain no errors will develop errors in the mail.
Corollary: Corresponding errors will show up in the duplicate while the boss is reading it.

First Law of Office Murphology

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In crises that force people to choose among alternative courses of action, most people will choose the worst possible course.

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If your action has a 50% possibility of being correct, you will be wrong 75% of the time.

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The chief cause of problems is solutions.

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Always leave room to add an explanation if it doesn't work out.

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Where zoning is not needed, it will work perfectly; where it is desperately needed, it always breaks down.

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When packing for a vacation, take half as much clothing and twice as much money.

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The person with the least expertise has the most opinions.

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Early to bed and early to rise makes a man tired in mid afternoon.

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The intelligence of any discussion diminishes with the square of the number of participants.

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A parade should have bands OR horses, not both.

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There is always more dirty laundry than clean laundry.

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If you live long enough, something will kill you.

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Traffic increases to fill the road space available.

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 86)

No matter which book you need, it's on the bottom shelf.

Any decision is better than no decision.

Then, of course, there's that old one: Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.

To protect your position, fire the fastest rising employees first.

The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility, and vice versa.

No experiment is reproducible.

Them what gets – has.

Important letters that contain no errors will develop errors in the mail.
Corollary: Corresponding errors will show up in the duplicate while the boss is reading it.

In crises that force people to choose among alternative courses of action, most people will choose the worst possible course.

If your action has a 50% possibility of being correct, you will be wrong 75% of the time.

The chief cause of problems is solutions.

Always leave room to add an explanation if it doesn't work out.

Where zoning is not needed, it will work perfectly; where it is desperately needed, it always breaks down.

When packing for a vacation, take half as much clothing and twice as much money.

The person with the least expertise has the most opinions.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man tired in mid afternoon.

The intelligence of any discussion diminishes with the square of the number of participants.

A parade should have bands OR horses, not both.

There is always more dirty laundry than clean laundry.

If you live long enough, something will kill you.

Traffic increases to fill the road space available.