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Murphy’s Laws
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Never create a problem for which you do not have the answer.
Corollary: Create problems for which only you have the answer.
Burke’s Rule
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Answers
Once the erosion of power begins, it has a momentum all its own.
Law of Political Erosion
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
Power
Just because your doctor has a name for your condition doesn't mean he knows what it is.
First Principle for Patients
Doctors
Health
Murphy’s Laws
The mountain gets steeper as you get closer.Frothingham’s Corollary: The mountain looks closer than it is.
Michehl’s Rule for Prospective Mountain Climbers
Murphy’s Laws
Difficulties
Mountains
Proximity
The easy way is always mined.
A Murphy's Military Law
Military
Murphy’s Laws
Mines
If you can't fix it, feature it.
Last Law of Product Design
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Products
How to locate the slow-moving traffic lane or check-out land: Get in it.
Sprehe’s Discovery
Autos
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
Things
Christopher Sprehe
Traffic
Any experiment is reproducible until another laboratory tries to repeat it.
Kohn's Second Law
Murphy’s Laws
Experiments
If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it.
Kettering's First Law
Ideas
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
Committees
An object will fall so as to do the most damage.
Selective Gravity Law
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Damage
Some object to the fan dancer, others to the fan.
Si Perkins' ‘People Differ’ Law
Murphy’s Laws
Opinion
Objections
Fat is lost last where it is wanted the least. Corollary 1: Fat is lost first from areas of high desirability.Corollary 2: With time fat flows from areas of high to low desirability. – Hal Belknap, M.D.
Belknap’s Fat Flow Formula
Appearance
Body
Fat
Murphy’s Laws
Hal Belknap M.D.
The first pull on the cord ALWAYS sends the drapes in the wrong direction.
Boyle's Other Law
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Drapes
People who park on the cast side of a football stadium will invariably have seats on the west side.
Gilbert's Conclusion
Murphy’s Laws
A lone dime always gets the number nearly right.
Phone Booth Rule
Murphy’s Laws
Dimes
Phone booths
If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of.
Maier's Law
Facts
Murphy’s Laws
Science/Weather
Pocket calculator batteries that have lasted all semester will fail during the math final.
First Law of Final Exams
Education
Murphy’s Laws
School
Calculator batteries
Exams
When a body is immersed in water, the telephone will ring.
Archimedes's Third Principle
Murphy’s Laws
Baths
Telephone
You cannot tell for certain, ahead of time, which side of the bread to put the butter on.
Mrs. Murphy's Law of Perversity
Murphy’s Laws
Bread
Butter
Choice
Anything worth doing is worth doing in excess.
Baber’s Rule
Murphy’s Laws
Susan Baber
Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.
Kaplan's Law of the Instrument
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Boys
Hammers
Tools
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