Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 79)

A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.

Assumption is the mother of all foul-ups.

You will need three umbrellas: one to leave at the office, one to leave at home, and one to leave on the train.

Attempt to be seen with important people.

The man who knows "how" will always have a job. The man who knows "why" will always be his boss.

Friendly fire — isn't.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.

If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will.

Education is what you get from reading the small print. Experience is what you get from not reading it.

Children should be heard, not obscene.

The one who snores will fall asleep first.

Paper is always strongest at the perforations.

The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement.

(1918 – 2002) advice columnist

You never find anything until you replace it.

Don’t look conspicuous – in the combat, it draws fire; out of the combat zone, it draws sergeants.

It never heals correctly.

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

The cream rises to the top. So does the scum.

In any human enterprise, work seeks the lowest hierarchical level.

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

Less is more.