Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 50)

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You can't fall off the floor.

Alcohol Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

There are only two problems with people: One is that they don't think; The other is that they do.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems Thinking

No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers.

Murphy’s Laws

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

1. Incompetence knows no barriers of time or place.
2. Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
3. If at first you don't succeed, try something else.

Murphy’s Laws People Work

Any child who chatters nonstop at home will adamantly refuse to utter a word when requested to demonstrate for an audience.

Children Communication Family Murphy’s Laws Old Speech

If the assumptions are wrong, the conclusions aren't likely to be very good.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

No matter what goes wrong, there’s always someone who will say he knew it would.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems

Friendly fire — isn't.

Military Murphy’s Laws

 If you can tell the difference between good advice and bad advice, you don't need advice.

Murphy’s Laws

The amount of expertise varies in inverse proportion to the number of statements understood by the general public.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People Understanding

There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone, or forbid your kids to do it.

Children Family Murphy’s Laws

Short-term success with voters on any side of a given issue can be guaranteed by creating a long-term special study commission made up of at least three divergent interest groups.

Elections/Voting Government Murphy’s Laws Politicians

The chances of solving a problem decline the closer one gets to finding out who was the cause of the problem.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Marriage Men Murphy’s Laws People Wives

Established technology tends to persist in spite of new technology.

Murphy’s Laws

For every complex problem, there is a solution that is clear, simple, and wrong.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

Fools Murphy’s Laws Wisdom

Create the impression that you have already reached your level of incompetence.

Murphy’s Laws

Those with the best advice offer no advice.

Murphy’s Laws People

If you start to clean your desk in the spare bedroom you will probably have to clean the garage to find what you need to finish cleaning the desk.

Housework Murphy’s Laws