Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 37)

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You cannot tell for certain, ahead of time, which side of the bread to put the butter on.

Murphy’s Laws

Whenever you need to stop at a light to put on makeup, every light will be green.

Autos Murphy’s Laws

Only adults have difficulty with child-proof bottles.

Health Murphy’s Laws People

When a broken appliance is demonstrated to the repairman, it will work perfectly.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

The hardness of the butter is in direct proportion to the softness of the bread.

Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

If you dance with a grizzly bear, you had better let him lead.

Murphy’s Laws

If you take something apart and put it back together enough times, eventually you will have two of them.

Murphy’s Laws

The closest library doesn't have the material you need.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

A clever remark is one you don’t make at the appropriate moment, but compose immediately after.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech

Everything goes wrong all at once.

Murphy’s Laws Time

The wrong quarterback is the one that’s in there.

Football Murphy’s Laws Sports

If it works, don't fix it.

Murphy’s Laws

Historical fancy is more persistent than historical fact.

History Murphy’s Laws

The perceived usefulness of an article is inversely proportional to its actual usefulness once bought and paid for.

Murphy’s Laws Things

1. The more tangled your line is, the better the fishing is around you. 2. The time available to go fishing shrinks as the fishing season draws nearer. 3. The least experienced fisherman always catches the biggest fish.
Corollary: The more elaborate and costly the equipment, the greater chance of having to stop at the fish market on the way home.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Sports

The squeaky wheel gets replaced.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord.

Computers Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather Things

Asking dumb questions is easier than correcting dumb mistakes.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws

Everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

Murphy’s Laws

The real objective of a committee is not to reach a decision, but to avoid it.

Murphy’s Laws

Experts in advanced countries underestimate by a factor of 2 to 4 the ability of people in underdeveloped countries to do anything technical.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Places