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The average time between throwing something away and needing it badly is two weeks. This time can be reduced to one week by retaining the thing for a long time first.

Bell’s Rule

Murphy’s Laws Norman Bell

Important letters that contain no errors will develop errors in the mail.
Corollary: Corresponding errors will show up in the duplicate while the boss is reading it.

First Law of Office Murphology

Communication Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems Letters

Any theory can be made to fit any facts by means of appropriate additional assumptions.

Schumpeter's Observation of Scientific and Nonscientific Theories

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The tire is only flat on the bottom.

Fishbein's Conclusion

Murphy’s Laws Situations Things Flat tires

If a situation requires undivided attention, it will occur simultaneously with a compelling distraction. 

Hutchinson’s Law

Murphy’s Laws Situations Attention Distraction

The chance of the bread falling with the butter side down is directly proportional to the value of the carpet.

Jennings' Corollary to the Law of Selective Gravity

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The problem-solving process will always break down at the point at which it is possible to determine who caused the problem.

Fyffe's Axiom

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The shortest measurable interval of time is the time between the moment one puts a little extra aside for a sudden emergency and the arrival of that emergency.

Dunn's Discovery

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A pat on the back is only a few centimetres from a kick in the arse.

Wilcox's Law

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The sumptuousnss of a company's annual report is in inverse proportion to its profitability that year.

Hale's Rule

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The degree of technical competence is inversely proportional to the level of management.

Anonymous

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We are born naked, wet, and hungry; then things get worse.

Anonymous

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No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.

Lewis's Second Law

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Chaos always wins, because it’s better organized.

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Murphy’s Laws Chaos

20% of the customers account for 80% of the turnover, 20% of the components account for 80% of the cost, and so forth.

Pareto's Law (The 20/80 Law)

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Your best golf shots always occur when playing alone.

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There is no proposition, no matter how foolish, for which a dozen Nobel signatures cannot be collected.

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2 is not equal to 3 – not even for very large values of 2.

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Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 73)

Incoming fire has the right-of-way.

Every clarification breeds new questions.

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

The average time between throwing something away and needing it badly is two weeks. This time can be reduced to one week by retaining the thing for a long time first.

Important letters that contain no errors will develop errors in the mail.
Corollary: Corresponding errors will show up in the duplicate while the boss is reading it.

Any theory can be made to fit any facts by means of appropriate additional assumptions.

The tire is only flat on the bottom.

If a situation requires undivided attention, it will occur simultaneously with a compelling distraction.

The chance of the bread falling with the butter side down is directly proportional to the value of the carpet.

The problem-solving process will always break down at the point at which it is possible to determine who caused the problem.

The shortest measurable interval of time is the time between the moment one puts a little extra aside for a sudden emergency and the arrival of that emergency.

A pat on the back is only a few centimetres from a kick in the arse.

The sumptuousnss of a company's annual report is in inverse proportion to its profitability that year.

The degree of technical competence is inversely proportional to the level of management.

We are born naked, wet, and hungry; then things get worse.

No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.

Chaos always wins, because it’s better organized.

20% of the customers account for 80% of the turnover, 20% of the components account for 80% of the cost, and so forth.

Your best golf shots always occur when playing alone.

There is no proposition, no matter how foolish, for which a dozen Nobel signatures cannot be collected.

2 is not equal to 3 – not even for very large values of 2.