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Murphy’s Laws
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Automatic: If something is automatic, that simple means that you can’t repair it yourself.
Anonymous
Definitions
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Repair
If you try hard enough you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.
Liebling's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Self
If you’re early, it’ll be cancelled. If you knock yourself out to be on time, you will have to wait. If you’re late, you will be too late.
Luposchainsky's Hurry-Up-And-Wait Principle
Murphy’s Laws
Time
General solutions to specific problems become specific problems requiring general solutions.
Emil Freireich's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Solutions
Keep up with the Grabowskis… you'll never make enough to keep up with the Joneses.
Murphy's Advice on Status
Money
Murphy’s Laws
One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – but it is amazing how many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette.
Issawi's Law of Frustration
Accidents
Mistakes
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
At any public relations luncheon, the quality of the food is inversely related to the quality of the information.
Ubell's Law of Press Luncheons
Food/Drink
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
Information
Luncheons
The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the fabricator and impossible for the serviceman.
Anonymous Murphy's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Engineers
The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.
Unknown
Golf
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Sports
The more an item costs, the farther you have to send it for repairs.
Vile's Law of Value
Murphy’s Laws
Repairs
The length of any meeting is inversely proportional to the length of the agenda for that meeting.
McLaughlin's Law (see Parson's Third Law)
Murphy’s Laws
Time
Meetings
Performance is directly affected by the perversity of inanimate objects.
Boyle’s Eleventh Law
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Performance
Less is more.
Michehl's Theorem
Murphy’s Laws
The number of different hypotheses erected to explain a given biological phenomenon is inversely proportional to the available knowledge.
Edington's Theory
Murphy’s Laws
Hypotheses
Two wrongs are only the beginning.
Kohn's Corollary to Murphy's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Any significant military action will occur at the junction of two or more map sheets.
Slim’s Law
Military
Murphy’s Laws
Field Marshal Viscount Slim
Maps
Liars get caught by the tale.
Luebbert's Law
Characteristics
Honesty
Lies
Murphy’s Laws
If you need four screws for the job, the first three are easy to find.
N-1 Law
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Screws
Trivial matters are handled promptly; important matters are never resolved.
Gresham's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Time
Trivial matters
When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.
Lynch's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Situations
No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.
Jacquin's Postulate
Congress
Government
Murphy’s Laws
Politics
Legislature
Property
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