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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A malfunctioning car will stop displaying symptoms of imminent breakdown when driven to within one-quarter mile of a garage.

Autos Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

A crisis is when you can't say "let's forget the whole thing."

Murphy’s Laws

A pair of scissors should be a true pair; the second pair is to be used in place of the pair that is never where it is always supposed to be.

Murphy’s Laws Things

When no viable candidate exists, someone will nominate a Kennedy.

Government Murphy’s Laws Politicians

Being in politics is like being a football coach: you have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it’s important.

Education Government Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Politics Sports

If not controlled, work will flow to the competent man until he submerges.

Murphy’s Laws Work

The repairman will never have seen a model quite like yours before.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing Time

In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty.

Murphy’s Laws

You can't fall off the floor.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.

Arms Military Money Murphy’s Laws

You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, and that is sufficient.

Murphy’s Laws People Time

Every instructor assumes that you have nothing else to do except study for that instructor’s course.

Education Learning Murphy’s Laws

There is no job so simple that it cannot be done wrong.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

1. All's well that ends.
2. A penny saved is a penny.
3. Don't leave things unfinishe

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws

If you don't say it, they can't repeat it.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech

You can get everything dirty without getting anything clean.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

Once the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Whenever you decide to take the kids home, it is always five minutes earlier that they break into fights, tears, or hysteria.

Children Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

Once a dish is fouled up, anything added to save it only makes it worse.

Cooking Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.

Murphy’s Laws