Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 87)

When taking something apart to fix a minor malfunction, you will cause a major malfunction.

If you try hard enough you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.

The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.

To make an enemy, do someone a favor.

1. Nothing minor ever happens to a car on the weekend. 2. Nothing minor ever happens to a car on a trip. 3. Nothing minor ever happens to a car.

The trouble with resisting temptation is it may never come your way again.

Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.

Density of fire increases proportionally to the curiousness of the target.

If you view your problem closely enough, you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.

The item you had your eye on the minute you walked in will be taken by the person in front of you.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

A retreating enemy is probably just falling back and regrouping.

The distance to the gate from which your flight departs is inversely proportional to the time remaining before the scheduled departure of the flight.

Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.

A bird in the hand is dead.

The last rush-hour express bus to your neighborhood leaves five minutes before you get off work.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique, just like everyone else.

1. All the IVs are at the other end of the hall.

2. There are two kinds of adhesive tape: the one that won't stay on and the one that won't come off.

The most interesting paper will be scheduled simultaneously with the second most interesting paper.

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.

If you start walking, the bus will come when you are precisely halfway between stops.