Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 32)

You never want the one you can afford.

If anything can go wrong it will go wrong when Mr. Murphy is out of town.

Everything depends.

Don’t ever be the first, don’t ever be the last and don’t ever volunteer to do anything.

Things equal to nothing else are equal to each other.

The only way a reporter should look at a politician is down.

If the law-makers make a compromise, the place where it will be felt most is the taxpayer’s pocket.

If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.

Only at the start/re-start of a DIY job do you realise the need to return to your toolbox/shed to retrieve another tool.

Them what gets – has.

There is no job so simple that it cannot be done wrong.

You can always find what you're not looking for.

There is no such thing as a ‘little bit of garlic.’

The shortest distance between two points is a downward spiral.

Don't use no double negatives.

At any particular time, there are more horse's asses in the world than horses.

The day of the big heat wave is the day the office air conditioning breaks down.

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.

The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee.