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If only one solution can be found for a field problem, then it is usually a stupid solution.
A Murphy's Military Law
Military
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Solutions
You can always tell you're in trouble when the good option involves a prosthetic leg.
Hugh Elliott
blogger (Standing Room Only)
Problems
Situations
Options
Prosthetics
Trouble
Anytime you wish to demonstrate something, the number of faults is proportional to the number of viewers.
Bye's First Law of Model Railroading
Murphy’s Laws
People
Problems
Demonstrations
I don't believe in astrology; the only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.
Noel Coward
(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter
Failure
Actors
Astrology
Anything dropped in the bathroom falls in the toilet.
Flucard's Corollary
Accidents
Murphy’s Laws
Bathroom
Mishaps
Toilets
The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines.
Frank Lloyd Wright
(1867 – 1959) architect, interior designer, writer & educator
Doctors
Health
Mistakes
Architect
To err is human; to purr, feline.
Robert Byrne
(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator
Animals
Cats
Mistakes
Problems
Fuses never blow during daylight hours.
Corollary: Only after fuses blow do you discover the flashlight batteries are dead and you’re out of candles, or matches, or both.
Bair’s Ruyle of Lighting
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Fuses
When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient possible time.
Johnson's First Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Time
Mechanical
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
Oscar Wilde
(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
Mistakes
Problems
Experience
Name
The worst part is that I don’t even have the fun of doing the things I’m getting blamed for.
Bill Watterson
(1955 – ) cartoonist
(Calvin and Hobbes)
Problems
Blame
From Calvin & Hobbes
You should have seen it when I got it.
Bureaucratic Cop-Out #1
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Bureaucracy
The only time you come up with a great solution is after somebody else has solved the problem.
Law of the Great Idea
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Solutions
It’s absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer; we have men, we’ve got rockets, we’ve got Saran Wrap – FIX IT!
Problems
Science/Weather
Ozone layer
One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs… but it is amazing how many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette.
Charles P. Issawi
(1916 – 2000) Egyptian-American academic economist & historian
Failure
Problems
Situations
Omelettes
Washing machines only break down during the wash cycle.
Corollary: All breakdowns occur on the plumber's day off.
Yeager's Law
Failure
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Plumbers
Washing machines
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Lance’s Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
(Bert Lance)
Coach: Hey Norm, how’s the world been treating you?
Norm: Like a baby treats a diaper.
Norm
George Wendt (1948 – ) American actor
Life
Problems
TV/Movie Quotes
As Norm Peterson in “Cheers”
Tolerances will accumulate unidirectionally toward maximum difficulty of assembly.
Klipstein's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Assembly
Difficulties
Tolerances
To err is human, but it feels divine.
Mae West
(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
Emotions
Problems
Divine
Err
Human
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
American proverb
Problems
Proverbs
Troubles
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