Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 47)

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Consistency is always easier to defend than correctness.

Murphy’s Laws

When taking something apart to fix a minor malfunction, you will cause a major malfunction.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

If a taxpayer thinks he can cheat safely, he probably will.

Government Money Murphy’s Laws Taxes

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

(1918 – 1990) American aerospace engineer
Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

The workbench is always untidier than last time. General Law: The chaos in the universe always increases.

Murphy’s Laws

The squeaky wheel gets replaced.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

Your best golf shots always occur when playing alone.

Golf Murphy’s Laws People Sports

If Congress must do a painful thing, the thing must be done in an odd-number year.

Congress Government Murphy’s Laws Time

1 + 1 hardly ever equals 2.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Verbs has to agree with their subject.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

A shortcut is the longest distance between two points.

Murphy’s Laws

The one you want is never the one on sale.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Shopping

1. The length of stay of out-of-town guests is inversely proportional to their desirability. 2. There are three absolute maxims for the handyman – your garden hose, extension cord and ladder are always too short.

Murphy’s Laws

It's better to retire too soon than too late.

Murphy’s Laws Time

The easy way is always mined.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Fuses never blow during daylight hours.
Corollary: Only after fuses blow do you discover the flashlight batteries are dead and you’re out of candles, or matches, or both.

Murphy’s Laws Things

Success can be insured only by devising a defense against failure of the contingency plan.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

Whenever a system becomes completely defined, someone discovers something which either abolishes the system or expands it beyond recognition.

Murphy’s Laws

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong – but that’s the way to bet.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Sports

The life expectancy of a house plant varies inversely with its price and directly with its ugliness.

Appearance Murphy’s Laws Ugly

You can always hit what you don't aim at.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Problems