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When your cat has fallen asleep on your lap and looks utterly content and adorable, you will suddenly have to go to the bathroom.

Animals Cats Murphy’s Laws Sleep

Nothing looks as good close up as it does from far away.

Appearance Murphy’s Laws

The number of different hypotheses erected to explain a given biological phenomenon is inversely proportional to the available knowledge.

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It’s the wrong size.

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Never conduct negotiations before 10:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. Before 10:00 you appear too anxious, and after 4:00 they think you're desperate.

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It is usually impractical to worry beforehand about interferences; if you have none, someone will make one for you.

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Whenever you need to stop at a light to put on makeup, every light will be green.

Autos Murphy’s Laws

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

Laughter Murphy’s Laws

Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere, will not hate it.

Beliefs Murphy’s Laws Opinion

Any object that is accidentally dropped will hide under a larger object.

Murphy’s Laws Things

At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.

Murphy’s Laws People

When you are over the hill, you pick up speed.

Age Murphy’s Laws Old

If rats are experimented upon, they will develop cancer.

Murphy’s Laws

A necessary item goes on sale only after you have purchased it at the regular price.

Murphy’s Laws Shopping Things

Any order that can be misunderstood has been misunderstood.

Military Murphy’s Laws Understanding

If you find something you like buy a lifetime supply – they’re going to stop making it.

Murphy’s Laws Things

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

(1918 – 1990) American aerospace engineer
Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

The accessibility, during recovery of small parts which fall from the work bench, varies directly with the size of the part and inversely with its importance to the completion of the work underway.

Murphy’s Laws Things Work

You can make it foolproof, but you can't make it damnfoolproof.

Fools Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

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

Murphy’s Laws

Then, of course, there's that old one: Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing