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Murphy’s Laws
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Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
Anonymous
Murphy’s Laws
Science/Weather
Bills
Checks
Mail
Speed
The squeaky wheel gets replaced.
Lafayette's Reprisal
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Situations
Squeaky wheel
Politicians who vote huge expenditures to alleviate problems get re-elected; those who propose structural changes to prevent problems get early retirement.
McClaughry's Law of Public Policy
Government
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Politicians
Just when you get really good at something you don’t need to do it anymore.
Lowery's Law of Expertise
Murphy’s Laws
Competency
Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons!
A Murphy's Military Law
Arms
Conflict
Military
Murphy’s Laws
Reading/Writing
All-weather close air support doesn't work in bad weather.
A Murphy's Military Law
Military
Murphy’s Laws
New systems generate new problems.
Anonymous
Murphy’s Laws
1. Nothing is ever so bad it can't be made worse by firing the coach. 2. A free agent is anything but. 3. Whatever can go to New York will..
Murray’s Rules of the Arena
Activities
Murphy’s Laws
New York City
Places
Sports
Free agents
Teams
A component’s degree of reliability is directly proportional to its ease of accessibility (i.e., the harder it is to get to, the more often it breaks down).
Waddell's Law of Equipment Failure
Failure
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Things
Accessibility
Reliability
On the TV screen, pure drivel tends to drive off ordinary drivel.
Kitman's Law
Communication
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
Speech
Television
Drivel
As an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) grows longer, sooner or later someone will compare someone or something to Hitler or Nazism.
Godwin's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Hitler
Nazism
Always assume that your assumption is invalid.
Tatman’s Assumption
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
Thinking
Assumptions
Robert Tatman
Truth varies.
Rule of Political Promises
Characteristics
Government
Honesty
Murphy’s Laws
Politics
Truth
If you mess with something long enough, it'll break.
Another Schmidt's Law
Accidents
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
The number of people in any working group tends to increase regardless of the amount of work to be done.
Parkinson's Fourth Law
Murphy’s Laws
People
Work
If you start walking, the bus will come when you are precisely halfway between stops.
Rennie's Law of Public Transit
Murphy’s Laws
Buses
Transportation
The more ridiculous a belief system, the higher the probability of its success.
Bartz's Law of Hokey Horsepuckery
Beliefs
Murphy’s Laws
Success
Once the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.
A Murphy's Military Law
Military
Murphy’s Laws
Auditors always reject any expense account with a bottom line divisible by five or ten.
O'Brien's Principle (The $357.73 Theorem)
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Auditors
Expense
The most valuable quotation will be the one for which you cannot determine the source.
Duggan's Law of Scholarly Research
Communication
Murphy’s Laws
Quotations
Research
The only imperfect thing in nature is the human race.
Fowler's Note
Murphy’s Laws
People
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