Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 51)

The amount of flak received on any subject is inversely proportional to the subject’s true value.

The less we know about a disease, the more medicines are available to treat it.

Don't use no double negatives.

Strive to look tremendously important.

The effort expended by the bureaucracy in defending any error is in direct proportion to the size of the error.

In a three-story building served by one elevator, nine times out of ten the elevator car will be on a floor where you are not.

Children have more energy after a hard day of play than they do after a good night's sleep.

1. Giving away baby clothes and furniture is a major cause of pregnancy. 2. Always be backlit. 3. Sit down whenever possible.

A biscuit takes up moisture when it goes stale and becomes limp; a cake loses moisture and becomes hard.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish yourself as an expert.

Those who are unable to learn from past meetings are condemned to repeat them.

If not controlled, work will flow to the competent man until he submerges.

The more money the free agent signs for, the less effective he is the following season.

All women marry beneath them.

You can get away with anything as long as you tell someone about it.

To make an enemy, do someone a favor.

When opportunity knocks, you’ve got headphones on.

When you wear new shoes for the first time, everyone will step on them.

Certain items which are crucial to a given activity will show up with uncommon regularity until the day when that activity is planned, at which point the item in question will disappear from the face of the earth.

If your next pot of chili tastes better, it probably is because of something left out, rather than added.

Those who express random thoughts to legislative committees are often surprised and appalled to find themselves the instigators of law.