Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 61)

The time of departure will be delayed by the square of the number of people involved.

Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.

Most people deserve each other.

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

When there is a very long road upon which there is a one-way bridge placed at random, and there are only two cars on that road, it follows that: (1) the two cars are going in opposite directions, and (2) they will always meet at the bridge.

The grass is brown on both sides of the fence.

Competence always contains the seed of incompetence.

The hidden flaw never remains hidden.

That which cannot be taken apart will fall apart.

Consistency is always easier to defend than correctness.

He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from the next freeway exit.

Twitter makes you like people you don’t know, and Facebook makes you hate people you do

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.

If the first person who answers the phone cannot answer your question, it's a bureaucracy.

[When parachuting] it is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.

The real objective of a committee is not to reach a decision, but to avoid it.

What you don't know will always hurt you.

As soon as the stewardess serves the coffee, the airliner encounters turbulence.
Davis's Explanation of Roger's Law: Serving coffee on aircraft causes turbulence.

Time moves slower in a fast moving vehicle.

Any tool dropped while repairing an automobile will roll under the car to the vehicle's exact geographic center.

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