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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.

Gumperson's – Corollary III

Murphy’s Laws Situations Starting a fire

Just sometimes, every damn thing goes right.

Yhprum’ Law

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Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable – as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.

Schiller's Dictum

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Neutral countries – aren’t.

A Murphy's Military Law

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Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish yourself as an expert.

Ryan's Law

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There are two types of people: those who divide people into two types, and those who don't.

Barth's Distinction

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As the economy gets better, everything else gets worse.

Buchwald's Law

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The uglier a man’s legs are, the better he plays golf.

Wells's Virtual Law

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Twits beget twits.

Van Dongen’s Law of Heredity

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The chance of forgetting something is directly proportional to… to…

Lane Hurewitz's Memory Principle

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The amount of work done varies inversely with the amount of time spent in the office.

Cropp's Law

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If it’s good, they’ll stop making it.

Herbert Block (Herblock)

(1909 – 2001) editorial cartoonist & author

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There are two types of dirt: the dark kind, which is attracted to light objects, and the light kind, which is attracted to dark objects.

Slick's Third Law of the Universe

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The purpose of the communication is to advance the communicator.

First Law Of Communication

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If not controlled, work will flow to the competent man until he submerges.

Boyle's Laws - 3

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No matter which direction you start it’s always against the wind coming back.

Andrews's Canoeing Postulate

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The theory is supported as long as the funds are.

Alan's Law of Research

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The splendor of an editor's speech and the splendor of his newspaper are inversely related to the distance between the city in which he makes his speech and the city in which he publishes his paper.

Bagdikian's Law of Editor's Speeches

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 27)

The sun always rises in the baby's bedroom window.

Science is Truth. Don't be misled by fact.

Anything you can do can get you killed – including doing nothing.

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.

Just sometimes, every damn thing goes right.

Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable – as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.

Neutral countries – aren’t.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish yourself as an expert.

There are two types of people: those who divide people into two types, and those who don't.

As the economy gets better, everything else gets worse.

The uglier a man’s legs are, the better he plays golf.

Twits beget twits.

The chance of forgetting something is directly proportional to… to…

The amount of work done varies inversely with the amount of time spent in the office.

If it’s good, they’ll stop making it.

There are two types of dirt: the dark kind, which is attracted to light objects, and the light kind, which is attracted to dark objects.

The purpose of the communication is to advance the communicator.

If not controlled, work will flow to the competent man until he submerges.

No matter which direction you start it’s always against the wind coming back.

The theory is supported as long as the funds are.

The splendor of an editor's speech and the splendor of his newspaper are inversely related to the distance between the city in which he makes his speech and the city in which he publishes his paper.