Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 6)

When the product is destined to fail, the delivery system will perform perfectly.

Unlimited warranties are usually neither.

When two people meet to decide how to spend a third person's money, fraud will result.

No experiment is ever a complete failure – it can always serve as a negative example.

The cream rises to the top. So does the scum.

Any change looks terrible at first.

Any ship can be a minesweeper… once.

When things just can't possibly get any worse, they will.

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.

A high paying rush job comes in only after you've committed to a low paying rush job.

Cleanliness is next to impossible.

1. No matter what they're telling you, they're not telling you the whole truth. 2. No matter what they're talking about, they're talking about money.

Don’t ever be the first, don’t ever be the last and don’t ever volunteer to do anything.

The one who does the least work will get the most credit.

A lone dime always gets the number nearly right.

Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.

What really matters is the name you succeed in imposing on the facts – not the facts themselves.

Fuses never blow during daylight hours.
Corollary: Only after fuses blow do you discover the flashlight batteries are dead and you’re out of candles, or matches, or both.

Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

He who laughs first, laughs last… if nobody laughs in the middle.

The most delicate component will be dropped.