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Random events tend to occur in groups.

Tylczak's Probability Postulate

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Wear the right costume and the part plays itself.

Ely's Law

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If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book.

Fifth Law of Applied Terror

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An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.

Booker's Law

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The purpose of the communication is to advance the communicator.

First Law Of Communication

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A little ignorance can go a long way.

Gerrold's Law

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A necessary item goes on sale only after you have purchased it at the regular price.

Graditor's Second Law

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A man should be greater than some of his parts.

Mother Sigafoos's Observation

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Never needlessly disturb a thing at rest.

Randolph's Cardinal Principle of Statecraft

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The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.

Vail's Second Axiom

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The vehicle in front of you is traveling slower than you are.

Barrett's Laws of Driving II

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The shortest route has the steepest hills.

Humphries's Law of Bicycling

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If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

Murphy’s Law of Lockers

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Education is the process of moving from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.

Utvich's Observation

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If it works, don't fix it.

First Rule of Rural Mechanics

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If you put a spoonful of wine in a barrel full of sewage, you get sewage. If you put a spoonful of sewage in a barrel full of wine, you get sewage.

Schopenhauer's Law of Entropy

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Never make a decision that you can get someone else to make.

Pfeifer's Principle

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1. Never use one word when a dozen will suffice.
2. If it can be understood, it's not finished yet.
3. Never be the first to do anything.

Smith's Principles of Bureaucratic Tinkertoys

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When working with a dictionary of more than one volume, the next reference will be in the other volume.

Borocz's Law of Research

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Whenever you cut your fingernails, you will find a need for them an hour later.

Witten's Law

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People will buy anything that's one to a customer.

Lewis's First Law

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 48)

Random events tend to occur in groups.

Wear the right costume and the part plays itself.

If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book.

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.

The purpose of the communication is to advance the communicator.

A little ignorance can go a long way.

A necessary item goes on sale only after you have purchased it at the regular price.

A man should be greater than some of his parts.

Never needlessly disturb a thing at rest.

The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.

The vehicle in front of you is traveling slower than you are.

The shortest route has the steepest hills.

If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

Education is the process of moving from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.

If it works, don't fix it.

If you put a spoonful of wine in a barrel full of sewage, you get sewage. If you put a spoonful of sewage in a barrel full of wine, you get sewage.

Never make a decision that you can get someone else to make.

1. Never use one word when a dozen will suffice.
2. If it can be understood, it's not finished yet.
3. Never be the first to do anything.

When working with a dictionary of more than one volume, the next reference will be in the other volume.

Whenever you cut your fingernails, you will find a need for them an hour later.

People will buy anything that's one to a customer.