Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 47)

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There is no limit to how bad things can get.

Murphy’s Laws

No real problem has a solution.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

The grass is brown on both sides of the fence.

Death Murphy’s Laws

One out of three hundred and twelve Americans is a bore, for instance, and a healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people’s patience.

Murphy’s Laws People

We’re all going down the same road in different directions.

Life Murphy’s Laws

Things always go from bad to worse.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.

Food/Drink Life Murphy’s Laws Time

If a headline ends in a question mark, the answer is “no.”

Headlines Murphy’s Laws

The shortest measurable interval of time is the time between the moment one puts a little extra aside for a sudden emergency and the arrival of that emergency.

Money Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

After you’ve mailed your last card, you will receive a card from someone you overlooked.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician
Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations Things

A shortcut is the longest distance between two points.

Murphy’s Laws

The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People Stupidity

The best way to publicize a governmental or political action is to attempt to hide it.

Government Murphy’s Laws

When you're up to your nose, keep your mouth shut.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

An unbreakable toy is good for breaking other toys.

Murphy’s Laws Things

Every solution breeds new problems.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

1. If the facts are against you, argue the law. 2. If the law is against you, argue the facts. 3. If the facts and the law are against you, yell like hell.

Government Intelligence Law Murphy’s Laws

Before ordering a test, decide what you will do if it is (1) positive or (2) negative. If both answers are the same, don't take the test.

Murphy’s Laws

Give him an inch and he'll screw you.

Conflict Murphy’s Laws