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.

A flying particle will seek the nearest eye.

The only new show worth watching will be cancelled.

1. Giving away baby clothes and furniture is a major cause of pregnancy. 2. Always be backlit. 3. sit down whenever possible.

1. You can't get anything without working for it.
2. The most you can accomplish by working is to break even.
3. You can only break even at absolute zero.

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

Trivial matters are handled promptly; important matters are never resolved.

Negative expectations yield negative results; positive expectations yield negative results.

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

Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

Nothing is as inevitable as a mistake whose time has come.

Never trust a private with a loaded weapon, or an officer with a map and compass.

You can’t get here from there.

Your best golf shots always occur when playing alone.

If you can't learn to do it well, you should learn to enjoy doing it badly.

If you’re feeling good, don’t worry… you’ll get over it.

Never step in anything soft.

Seven-eighths of everything can't be seen.

There's no special reason; it's just government policy.

When there are sufficient funds in the checking account, checks take two weeks to clear; when there are insufficient funds, checks clear overnight.

When you move something to a more logical place, you only can remember where it used to be and your decision to move it.

If only two cars are left in a vast parking lot, one will be blocking the other.