Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 54)

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History does not repeat itself; historians simply repeat each other.

History Murphy’s Laws Time

A taxpayer is someone who does not have to take a civil service exam in order to work for the government.

Government Murphy’s Laws Taxes

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

Communication Murphy’s Laws

Internal consistency is valued more highly than efficiency.

Murphy’s Laws

An object at rest will be in the wrong place.

Murphy’s Laws Things

Our customer's paperwork is profit. Our own paperwork is loss.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

If the experiment works, you must be using the wrong equipment.

Murphy’s Laws Success

No matter what the experiment’s result, there will always be someone eager to: (a) misinterpret it, (b) fake it, or (c) believe it supports his own pet theory.

Murphy’s Laws

There is no direct relationship between the quality of an educational program and its cost.

Education Money Murphy’s Laws

The only new show worth watching will be cancelled.

Entertainment Murphy’s Laws Television

Everyone is always someplace else.

Murphy’s Laws Places

If things were left to chance, they'd be better.

Murphy’s Laws

1. Anyone else who can be blamed should be blamed.
2. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong faster with computers.
3. Whenever a computer can be blamed, it should be blamed.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

1. If it is green or it wiggles – it is Biology.
2. If it stinks – it is Chemistry.
3. If it doesn’t work – it is Physics.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Science/Weather

The longer you wait in line, the greater the likelihood that you are in the wrong line.

Murphy’s Laws

All five-second grenade fuses will burn down in three seconds.

Arms Military Murphy’s Laws

Badness comes in waves.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

The last person who quit or was fired will be held responsible for everything that goes wrong – until the next person quits or is fired.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Problems

Caveats are always* forgotten.
*Caveat: except in rare instances

Murphy’s Laws

The amount of time required to complete a government project is precisely equal to the length of time already spent on it.

Government Murphy’s Laws Time

Crowded lifts (elevators) smell different to people with restricted growth.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Things