Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 11)

When in doubt, empty the magazine.

A continuing flow of paper is sufficient to continue the flow of paper.

Whatever goes us, stays up.

Machines that have broken down will work perfectly when the repairman arrives.

When traveling with children… at least one child of any number of children will request a rest room stop exactly halfway between any two given rest areas.

Actually, it only seems as though you mustn't be deceived by appearances.

Birthday parties always end in tears.

If it’s clean, it isn’t laundry.

One and one does not necessarily make 11.

If you help a friend in need, he is sure to remember you… the next time he’s in need.

The effort expended by the bureaucracy in defending any error is in direct proportion to the size of the error.

As the economy gets better, everything else gets worse.

Progress is made on alternate Fridays.

The more innocuous the modification appears to be, the further its influence will extend and the more the design will have to be redrawn.

Whatever a parent does is wrong.

People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.

If at first you don’t succeed, read the manual.

If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are sure to get out of it.

It won't work.

Spend sufficient time in confirming the need and the need will disappear.

Then, of course, there's that old one: Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.