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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20% of the customers account for 80% of the turnover, 20% of the components account for 80% of the cost, and so forth.

Murphy’s Laws

The only people making money these days are the ones who sell computer paper.

Computers Money Murphy’s Laws Things

Any attempt to print Murphy's laws will jam the printer.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

Fools Murphy’s Laws Wisdom

The best way to publicize a governmental or political action is to attempt to hide it.

Government Murphy’s Laws

All the postmasters in small towns read all the postcards.

Murphy’s Laws

Anything dropped in the bathroom falls in the toilet.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws

It's better to go when you have to go – than to go and find you've already gone.

Children Murphy’s Laws Travel

Attempt to be seen with important people.

Murphy’s Laws

About one-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

Government Murphy’s Laws

Beauty times brains equals a constant.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Last year's was always better.

Murphy’s Laws

Any experiment is reproducible until another laboratory tries to repeat it.

Murphy’s Laws

If you hit two keys on the typewriter, the one you don't want hits the paper.

Murphy’s Laws

The most delicate component will be dropped.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Things

The real objective of a committee is not to reach a decision, but to avoid it.

Murphy’s Laws

Never say “oops” while your patient is conscious.

Doctors Health Murphy’s Laws Problems

The less you do, the less can go wrong.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Every day, in every way, things get better and better; then worse again in the evening.

Murphy’s Laws

When you do not know what you are doing, do it neatly.

Murphy’s Laws Work

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which speciified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind; Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane he had to fly.

(1923 – 1999) American satirical novelist, short story writer & playwright
Murphy’s Laws