Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 30)

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The more complicated and grandiose the plan, the greater the chance of a screw-up.

Murphy’s Laws

Office machines that function perfectly during normal business hours will break down when you return at night to use them for personal business.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

Anything labeled "NEW" and/or "IMPROVED" isn't.

Murphy’s Laws Shopping Things

If everybody wants it, nobody gets it.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

The most undesirable things are the most certain (death and taxes).

Death Murphy’s Laws Problems Taxes

Whatever creates the greatest inconvenience for the largest number must happen.

Murphy’s Laws People

If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

Accidents Failure Murphy’s Laws

To spot the expert, pick the one who predicts the job will take the longest and cost the most.

Money Murphy’s Laws People Time

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

Cooking Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

Automatic: If something is automatic, that simple means that you can’t repair it yourself.

Definitions Murphy’s Laws Problems

The quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too small.

Clothing Government Military Murphy’s Laws

The most delicate component will be dropped.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Things

The quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too small.

Clothing Military Murphy’s Laws

Given any problem containing N equations, there will be N+1 unknowns.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Surprise is an event that takes place only in the mind of a commander.

Military Murphy’s Laws

McGurk's Law

Murphy’s Laws

Whatever women do, they must do it twice as well as men to be thought half as good.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws People Women

Bad law is more likely to be supplemented than repealed.

Government Murphy’s Laws

At some time in the life cycle of virtually every organization, its ability to succeed in spite of itself runs out.

Murphy’s Laws Success

Whenever one word or letter can change the entire meaning of a sentence, the probability of an error being made will be in direct proportion to the embarrassment it will cause.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Speech

There are never enough hours in a day, but always too many days before Saturday.

Murphy’s Laws Time