Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 26)

It is better to have a horrible ending than to have horrors without end.

If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.

The one ingredient you made a special trip to the store to get will be the one thing your guest is allergic to.

Never say ‘yes’ to any invitation three months away that you would be dreading if it were tomorrow.

Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster.

A consultant is someone who, when hired to find out what time it is, borrows your watch to find out.

1. Giving away baby clothes and furniture is a major cause of pregnancy. 2. Always be backlit. 3. sit down whenever possible.

Expressways aren’t.

No plan survives first contact intact.

Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.

If it tastes good, you can't have it; if it tastes awful, you'd better clean your plate.

The higher up the organization, the fewer people appreciate Murphy's Law.

A fool in a high station is like a man on the top of a small mountain: everything appears small to him and he appears small to everybody.

Everything else causes cancer in rats.

The hardness of the butter is in direct proportion to the softness of the bread.

If on an actuarial basis there is a 50-50 chance that something will go wrong, it will actually go wrong nine times out of ten.

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

You can throw a burnt match out the window of your car and start a forest fire, but you can use two boxes of matches and a whole edition of the Sunday paper without being able to start a fire under the dry logs in your fireplace.

It is a mistake to let any mechanical object realize that you are in a hurry.

Don't use commas, which aren't necessary.

No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection.