Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 7)

The higher the “higher-ups“ are who've come to see your demo, the lower your chances are of giving a successful one.

Nature abhors people.

Only at the start/re-start of a DIY job do you realise the need to return to your toolbox/shed to retrieve another tool.

After you’ve mailed your last card, you will receive a card from someone you overlooked.

What this world needs is a damned good plague.

Never buy a car that has a wick.

When you move something to a more logical place, you only can remember where it used to be and your decision to move it.

Bodies in motion tend to remain in motion; bodies at rest tend to remain in bed.

If you can be off by one… you will be.

No matter which side of door the cat or dog is on, it's the wrong side.

Government intervention in the free market always leads to a lower national standard of living.

Things go right so they can go wrong.

An expert really doesn't know anymore than you do. He is merely better organized and has slides.

A good review is considered nepotism; a bad one professional jealousy.

The book or periodical most vital to the completion of your term paper will be missing from the library.

Corollary: If it is available, the most important page will be torn out.

You never catch on until after the test.

Professional soldiers are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs.

You never have the right number of pills left on the last day of a prescription.

One cannot have too large a party.

It is the essence of grantsmanship to persuade the foundation executives that it was they who suggested the research project and that you were a belated convert, agreeing reluctantly to all they had proposed.

Whatever arrangement you make for the division of household duties, your husband's job will be easier.