Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 76)

In letters themes reports articles and stuff like that we use commas to keep strings apart.

The simple explanation always follows the complex solution.

Crowded lifts (elevators) smell different to people with restricted growth.

Birthday parties always end in tears.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

Of two possible events, only the undesired one will occur.

Anything is easier to take apart than it is to put together.

If anything can go wrong it will go wrong when Mr. Murphy is out of town.

The cost of the hairdo is directly related to the strength of the wind.

The shortest route has the steepest hills.

The incidence of anything worthwhile is either 15-25 percent or 80-90 percent.

You are always complimented on the item that took the least effort to prepare. Example: If you make roast turkey, you will be complimented on the baked potato.

Traffic congestion increases in proportion to the length of time the street is supervised by a traffic control officer.

If a headline ends in a question mark, the answer is “no.”

History does not repeat itself; historians simply repeat each other.

Incoming fire has the right-of-way.

The intensity of movie publicity is in inverse ratio to the quality of the movie.

Washington is a much better place if you are asking questions rather than answering them.

Any inanimate object, regardless of its position, configuration or purpose, may be expected to perform at any time in a totally unexpected manner for reasons that are either entirely obscure or else completely mysterious.

All battles are fought at the junction of two or more map sheets… printed at different scales.

If you run into an old girlfriend – no matter how innocently – your wife will know about it before you get home.