Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 11)

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The public is always wrong.

Beliefs Murphy’s Laws People

The more qualified candidates who are available, the more likely the compromise will be on the candidate whose main qualification is a non-threatening incompetence.

Elections/Voting Government Murphy’s Laws

If it works, don't fix it.

Murphy’s Laws

No matter how many good tables are free, you will always be given the worst available.

Murphy’s Laws

All things being equal, all things are never equal.

Murphy’s Laws

Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.

Murphy’s Laws Situations Sleep

People who can least afford to pay rent, pay rent; people who can most afford to pay rent, build up equity.

Money Murphy’s Laws

Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.

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Money Murphy’s Laws Things

Badness comes in waves.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the track.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

Officials make work for each other.

Murphy’s Laws People Work

No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection.

Military Murphy’s Laws

You cannot tell for certain, ahead of time, which side of the bread to put the butter on.

Murphy’s Laws

When anything is used to its full potential, it will break.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Following the path of least resistance is what makes men and rivers crooked.

Characteristics Honesty Murphy’s Laws

When an error has been detected and corrected, it will be found to have been correct in the first place

Corollary: After the correction has been found in error, it will be impossible to fit the original quantity back into the equation.

Ideas Intelligence Mistakes Murphy’s Laws

Asking dumb questions is easier than correcting dumb mistakes.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws

The distance you have to park from your apartment increases in proportion to the weight of packages you are carrying.

Autos Murphy’s Laws

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

Murphy’s Laws Self

1. The last gas station for 50 miles will be closed when you get there. 2. At the moment of any departure, the level of gas in your tank depends entirely on how late you are. 3. You only run out of gas after your wife tells you to stop for gas before you run out.

Autos Murphy’s Laws Things Travel

For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap.

Murphy’s Laws