Subject: Murphy’s Laws

Murphy’s Laws:

Various “laws,” axioms, principles and observations that usually convey a cynical view of life and an underlying sense of futility. Most do not prove, or even explain anything, but rather simply state a maxim – usually that things will go wrong.

Odd objects attract fire… never lurk behind one.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

You know you're getting old when everything dries up or leaks.

The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach it.

The intensity of movie publicity is in inverse ratio to the quality of the movie.

Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

Any task worth doing was worth doing yesterday.

If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know.

The colder the X-Ray table, the more of your body you are required to place on it.

A little ambiguity never hurt anyone.

In any group of eagles, you will find some turkeys.

In a three story building served by one elevator, the elevator car will be on a floor where you are not.

A drunken man's words are a sober man's thoughts.

An unexpectedly easy-to-handle sequence of events will be immediately followed by an equally long sequence of trouble.

The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it's compromising.

The most important leg of a three legged stool is the one that's missing.

It is a mistake to let any mechanical object realize that you are in a hurry.

Needs are a function of what other people have.

Push something hard enough and it will fall over.

Reforms come from below; no man with four aces howls for a new deal.

If you didn’t forget it, it’s the wrong size, backwards, inside out or out of reach.