Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 42)

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The lagging activity in a project will invariably be found in the area where the highest overtime rates lie waiting.

Money Murphy’s Laws

If rats are experimented upon, they will develop cancer.

Murphy’s Laws

If you can be off by one… you will be.

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Neutral countries – aren’t.

Government Military Murphy’s Laws Places

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which speciified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind; Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane he had to fly.

(1923 – 1999) American satirical novelist, short story writer & playwright
Murphy’s Laws

Expressways aren’t.

Autos Murphy’s Laws Things

When a person with experience meets a person with money, the person with experience will get the money and the person with the money will get some experience.

Money Murphy’s Laws

Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

Murphy’s Laws Time

The sumptuousnss of a company's annual report is in inverse proportion to its profitability that year.

Books Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

The more heavily a man is supposed to be taxed, the more power he has to escape being taxed.

Government Money Murphy’s Laws Taxes

The experiment may be considered a success if no more than 50% of the observed measurements must be discarded to obtain a correspondence with theory.

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The time it takes to rectify a situation is inversely proportional to the time it took to do the damage.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

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

Murphy’s Laws Time Work

If you start walking, the bus will come when you are precisely halfway between stops.

Murphy’s Laws

Hypocrisy is the Vaseline of social intercourse.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

Never say ‘yes’ to any invitation three months away that you would be dreading if it were tomorrow.

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Absolutum obsoletum – if it works, it’s out of date.

(1926 – 2002) British management theorist & professor
Murphy’s Laws Time

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

Communication Insults Murphy’s Laws

Every instructor assumes that you have nothing else to do except study for that instructor’s course.

Education Learning Murphy’s Laws

Law expands in proportion to the resources available for its enforcement.

Government Murphy’s Laws

The bigger they are, the harder it is to see your shoes.

Appearance Body Murphy’s Laws