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Murphy’s Laws
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Passengers on elevators constantly rearrange their positions as people get on and off so there is at all times an equal distance between all bodies.
Sharkey's Fourth Law of Motion
Murphy’s Laws
Elevators
Passengers
The correct advice to give is the advice that is desired.
First Law of Advice
Murphy’s Laws
Opinion
Advice
When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can beat him at.
Epperson's Law
Activities
Games
Men
Murphy’s Laws
Whatever carrousel you stand by, your baggage will come in on another one.
Basic Baggage Principle
Murphy’s Laws
Travel
Airlines
Baggage
No matter where you are, there you are.
Oliver's Law of Location
Murphy’s Laws
Places
To err is human, so do not use up the eraser before the pencil.
Yearwood’s Admonition
Murphy’s Laws
R.L. Yearwood
The person who buys the most raffle tickets has the least chance of winning.
Gumperson's – Corollary V
Murphy’s Laws
Raffle tickets
Winning
Children should be heard, not obscene.
Father Brennan's Famous Footnote
Children
Murphy’s Laws
The total attention paid to an instructor is a constant regardless of the size of the class.
Herrnstein's Law
Education
Murphy’s Laws
School
Attention
Class
Instructors
An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance.
Nolan's Placebo
Murphy’s Laws
Image
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which speciified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind; Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane he had to fly.
Joseph Heller
(1923 – 1999) American satirical novelist, short story writer & playwright
Murphy’s Laws
From ‘Catch-22’
Sanity
Organizations always have too many managers.
Truth 5.1 of Management
Murphy’s Laws
Managers
Organizations
The most interesting paper will be scheduled simultaneously with the second most interesting paper.
Morris's Law of Conferences
Murphy’s Laws
Conferences
Papers
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it’s just possible that you haven’t understood the situation.
Kerr's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
Jean Kerr
Caveats are always* forgotten.
*Caveat: except in rare instances
Battleson’s Blathrskite
Murphy’s Laws
Kirk Battleson
In a bureaucratic hierarchy, the higher up the organization the less people appreciate Murphy's Law.
Rogers's Observation
Murphy’s Laws
Bureaucracy
Hierarchy
One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – but it is amazing how many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette.
Issawi's Law of Frustration
Accidents
Mistakes
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
If you do a job twice, it’s yours.
Shanebrook’s Law
Murphy’s Laws
Work
J. Richard Shanebrook
The most interesting results happen only once.
Tenenbaum's Law of Replicability
Murphy’s Laws
Results
Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support desperately
Corollary: Radar tends to fail at night and in bad weather, and especially during both
A Murphy's Military Law
Communication
Murphy’s Laws
Never, ever, fly on the airline of the country from which you are departing.
Litzler's Law of International Travel
Murphy’s Laws
Places
Travel
Airlines
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