Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 25)

Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

Technology is dominated by two types of people: Those who understand what they do not manage and those who manage what they do not understand.

1. A rolling stone gathers momentum.
2. Progress is nondirectional.

You remember to mail a letter only when you're nowhere near a mailbox.

Never try to replicate a successful experiment.

Once the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.

Virtue is just vice at rest.

The number of women a man find attractive is truly proportionate to his age.

If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.

Any new activity will cause more trouble than you can possibly imagine.

Class schedules are designed so that every student will have time to waste between classes.

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.

You know you have it when you can’t think of anything that’s your own fault.

No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.

When the enemy is closing, the artillery will always be long

After large expenditures of federal, state, and county funds; after much confusion generated by detours and road blocks; after greatly annoying the surrounding population with noise, dust, and fumes – the previously existing traffic jam is relocated by one-half mile.

An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys.

An object will fall so as to do the most damage.

Any experiment is reproducible until another laboratory tries to repeat it.

The first bug to hit a clean windshield lands directly in front of your eyes.

The probability of someone watching you is proportional to the stupidity of your action.