Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 4)

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A place you want to get to is always just off the edge of the map you happen to have handy.

Murphy’s Laws Things

The information conveyed is less important than the impression.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

A component’s degree of reliability is directly proportional to its ease of accessibility (i.e., the harder it is to get to, the more often it breaks down).

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

After large expenditures of federal, state, and county funds; after much confusion generated by detours and road blocks; after greatly annoying the surrounding population with noise, dust, and fumes – the previously existing traffic jam is relocated by one-half mile.

Autos Murphy’s Laws

Never program and drink beer at the same time.

Alcohol Beer Computers Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws Things

The wrong quarterback is the one that’s in there.

Football Murphy’s Laws Sports

A motion to adjourn is always in order.

Murphy’s Laws

If you are forward of your position, the artillery will fall short.

Military Murphy’s Laws

The business contact that you have developed at great expense is the first person to be let go in any corporate reorganization.

Murphy’s Laws People

General solutions to specific problems become specific problems requiring general solutions.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The best laid plans of mice and men are usually about equal.

Murphy’s Laws

Everything is in a state of utter dishevelment.

Life Murphy’s Laws Problems

If you know something can go wrong, and take due precaution to prevent it, something else will go wrong.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Anything can be made to work if you fiddle with it long enough.

Murphy’s Laws Time

If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.

Murphy’s Laws

If it’s clean, it isn’t laundry.

Murphy’s Laws

There are two sides to every argument, unless a person is personally involved, in which case there is only one.

Murphy’s Laws

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

Murphy’s Laws Self

The most undesirable things are the most certain (death and taxes).

Death Murphy’s Laws Problems Taxes

The more cordial the buyer’s secretary, the greater the odds that the competition already has the order.

Murphy’s Laws

If it tastes good, you can't have it; if it tastes awful, you'd better clean your plate.

Children Eating Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws