Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 70)

The hardness of the butter is in direct proportion to the softness of the bread.

There is always one more bug.

Seven-eighths of everything can’t be seen.

On a beautiful day like this it's hard to believe anyone can be unhappy – but we'll work on it.

When you are served a meal aboard an aircraft, the aircraft will encounter turbulence.

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong

Corollary: If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen then.

The bigger the discovery, the more likely it was made while testing for something else.

If your advance is going well, you are walking into an ambush.

Any tool dropped while repairing an automobile will roll beneath the vehicle to its exact centre.

Whenever you decide to take the kids home, it is always five minutes earlier that they break into fights, tears, or hysteria.

When all else fails, try the boss's suggestion.

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

Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

Things equal to nothing else are equal to each other.

1. Giving away baby clothes and furniture is a major cause of pregnancy. 2. Always be backlit. 3. Sit down whenever possible.

Density of fire increases proportionally to the curiousness of the target.

1. Incompetence knows no barriers of time or place.
2. Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
3. If at first you don't succeed, try something else.

Everything put together sooner or later falls apart.

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

Badness comes in waves.

In a bureaucracy, accomplishment is inversely proportional to the volume of paper used.