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.

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Computing power increases as the square of the cost; if you want to do it twice as cheaply, you have to do it four times slower.

Computers Money Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather Situations Things

Things equal to nothing else are equal to each other.

Murphy’s Laws

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

Health Military Murphy’s Laws

The less you know about an opportunity, the more attractive it is.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

If it would be cheaper to buy a new unit, the company will insist upon repairing the old one.
Corollary: If it would be cheaper to repair the old one, the company will insist on the latest model.

Murphy’s Laws

Seven-eighths of everything can’t be seen.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

Fools Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Nature abhors people.

Murphy’s Laws People

When you are served a meal aboard an aircraft, the aircraft will encounter turbulence.

Activities Eating Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws Travel

No shoelace ever broke being untied.

Murphy’s Laws Things

Time moves slower in a fast moving vehicle.

Children Murphy’s Laws Time

Nobody notices the big errors.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

The first place to look for anything is the last place you would expect to find it.

Murphy’s Laws Places Things

If a situation requires undivided attention, it will occur simultaneously with a compelling distraction.


Murphy’s Laws Situations

When you drop coins, the pennies will fall nearby, while all the others will roll out of sight.

Murphy’s Laws

Two wrongs are only the beginning.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Friendly fire — isn't.

Military Murphy’s Laws

The only way a reporter should look at a politician is down.

Government Murphy’s Laws Opinion Politicians

If an experiment works, you must be using the wrong equipment.

Murphy’s Laws Things

You can throw a burnt match out the window of your car and start a forest fire, but you can use two boxes of matches and a whole edition of the Sunday paper without being able to start a fire under the dry logs in your fireplace.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

The efficiency of a committee meeting is inversely proportional to the number of participants and the time spent on deliberations.

Murphy’s Laws Time