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Murphy’s Laws
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Fuses never blow during daylight hours.
Corollary: Only after fuses blow do you discover the flashlight batteries are dead and you’re out of candles, or matches, or both.
Bair’s Ruyle of Lighting
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Fuses
Whatever carrousel you stand by, your baggage will come in on another one.
Basic Baggage Principle
Murphy’s Laws
Travel
Airlines
Baggage
When you move something to a more logical place, you only can remember where it
used
to be and your decision to move it.
Alicia’s Discovery
Murphy’s Laws
Alicia Dustria
Fear Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
Virgil's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Gifts
Greeks
The cost of the hairdo is directly related to the strength of the wind.
Anonymous
Appearance
Hair
Murphy’s Laws
The Course of Progress: Most things get steadily worse.
The Path of Progress: A shortcut is the longest distance between two points.
Issawi's Laws of Progress
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Worse
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
Hoffer's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Behavior
Imitation
1. The more tangled your line is, the better the fishing is around you. 2. The time available to go fishing shrinks as the fishing season draws nearer. 3. The least experienced fisherman always catches the biggest fish.
Corollary: The more elaborate and costly the equipment, the greater chance of having to stop at the fish market on the way home.
Porkingham's Laws of Sportfishing
Activities
Murphy’s Laws
Sports
Fishing
‘Push’ is the force exerted upon the door marked PULL.
Filson's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Science/Weather
Force
Everything goes wrong all at once.
Quantized Revision of Murphy's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Time
Any product cut to length will be too short.
Klipstein's Observation
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Length
Short
When the weight of the paperwork equals the weight of the plane, the plane will fly.
Douglas's Law of Practical Aeronautics
Murphy’s Laws
Paperwork
There’s always one more bug.
Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology
Computers
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters in life begin when you get what you want.
Kristol's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Success
Frustration
Any order that can be misunderstood
has
been misunderstood.
Army Axiom
Military
Murphy’s Laws
Understanding
Orders
Things hate people.
Pruett's Law of Perversity
Murphy’s Laws
People
Things
The child that divides gets last pick.
Mrs. Rawson's Law for Sharing Desserts
Children
Murphy’s Laws
Choice
Desserts
Where there's a will, there's a won't.
Gualtieri's Law of Inertia
Murphy’s Laws
The organization of any bureaucracy is very much like a septic tank. The really big chunks always rise to the top.
Imhoff’s Law
Murphy’s Laws
(John Imhoff)
Bureaucracy
If things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.
Chisholm's Law of Human Interaction
Murphy’s Laws
Improvement
Law expands in proportion to the resources available for its enforcement.
Oaks's Unruly Laws for Lawmakers I
Government
Murphy’s Laws
Enforcement
Legislation
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