Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 11)

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In a bureaucratic hierarchy, the higher up the organization the less people appreciate Murphy's Law.

Murphy’s Laws

Anyone who says he isn't going to resign, four times… definitely will.

Murphy’s Laws

You are always complimented on the item that took the least effort to prepare. Example: If you make roast turkey, you will be complimented on the baked potato.

Cooking Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

When in the course of human affairs – your spouse always finds out.

Husbands Marriage Murphy’s Laws Wives

Decisions are justified by the benefits to the organization, but they are made by considering the benefits to the decision-makers.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People

Associate with well-mannered persons and your manners will improve; run with decent folk and your own decent instincts will be strengthened; keep the company of bums and you will become a bum; hang around with rich people and you will end by picking up the check and dying broke.

Characteristics Money Murphy’s Laws People

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

Murphy’s Laws

The first shall be last and the last shall be first, but if you're in the middle, you're stuck there.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

It (housework) expands to fill the time available plus half an hour: so obviously it is never finished.

Housework Murphy’s Laws

If the people of a democracy are allowed to do so, they will vote away the freedoms which are essential to that democracy.

Democracy Elections/Voting Government Murphy’s Laws

The chief cause of problems is solutions.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Any military project will take twice as long as planned, cost twice as much, and produce only half of what is wanted.

Military Murphy’s Laws

A little ambiguity never hurt anyone.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

When you move something to a more logical place, you only can remember where it used to be and your decision to move it.

Murphy’s Laws Things

If you’re feeling good, don’t worry… you’ll get over it.

Health Murphy’s Laws

There are 32 points to the compass, meaning that there are 32 directions in which a spoon can squirt grapefruit; yet, the juice almost invariably flies straight into the human eye.

Murphy’s Laws

On successive charts of the same organization the number of boxes will never decrease.

Murphy’s Laws

When a person with experience meets a person with money, the person with experience will get the money and the person with the money will get some experience.

Money Murphy’s Laws

The lights are most likely to come back on at the precise moment you find the flashlight.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author
Murphy’s Laws Things

Anything that can be changed will be changed up until there is no time left to change anything.

Murphy’s Laws Time

If you think you're wrong, you're wrong

Corollary: If you think you're wrong, you're right.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Problems