Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 87)

A parade should have bands OR horses, not both.

To make an enemy, do someone a favor.

No matter how early you arrive, someone else is in line first.

Folks playing leapfrog must complete all jumps.

If you think the world is against you – it doesn't necessarily mean that it isn't.

The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn’t commit when he had the opportunity.

Those who express random thoughts to legislative committees are often surprised and appalled to find themselves the instigators of law.

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.

The illness you come down with is the one ailment your company-covered insurance does not cover.

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

An apple every eight hours keeps three doctors away.

There are 32 points to the compass, meaning that there are 32 directions in which a spoon can squirt grapefruit; yet, the juice almost invariably flies straight into the human eye.

You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs.

1. Incompetence knows no barriers of time or place.
2. Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
3. If at first you don't succeed, try something else.

1. A rolling stone gathers momentum.
2. Progress is nondirectional.

It goes in – it must come out.

The client who pays you the least complains the most.

If you make something idiot-proof, the world will create a better idiot.

A bus will arrive only when the would-be rider has walked to a point so close to the destination that it is no longer worthwhile to board the bus.

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

All buses heading in the opposite direction drive off the face of the earth and never return.