Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 3)

Those supplies necessary for yesterday's experiment must be ordered no later than tomorrow noon.

To make an enemy, do someone a favor.

For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.

(1966 – ) American magazine editor

About sentence fragments.

In approaching a double door, you will always go to the one door that is locked, pull when you should have pushed, and push when the sign says pull.

The effectiveness of a politician varies in inverse proportion to his commitment to principle.

It’s better to be tried by twelve men than to be carried by six.

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.

Good times end too quickly. Bad times go on forever.

The “Consumer Report” on the item will come out a week after you’ve made your purchase.
Corollaries: 1. The one you bought will be rated “unacceptable.”. 2. The one you almost bought will be rated “best buy.”

When you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal.

The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack.

Check to see if you any words out.

Under any given set of environmental conditions an experimental animal behaves as it damn well pleases.

1. Any line, however short, is still too long.
2. Work is the crabgrass of life, but money is the water that keeps it green.

The more food you prepare, the less your guests eat.

Anything in parentheses can be ignored.

Short-term success with voters on any side of a given issue can be guaranteed by creating a long-term special study commission made up of at least three divergent interest groups.

A $300 picture tube will protect a 10¢ fuse by blowing first.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he/she shall not be disappointed.

If you drop something, it will never reach the ground.