Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 8)

The one ingredient you made a special trip to the store to get will be the one thing your guest is allergic to.

Any object that is accidentally dropped will hide under a larger object.

If you allow someone to get in front of you, you both will have the same destination, and the other car will get the last parking space.

Only after locking your toolbox/shed at the end of a DIY job do you find another tool to return to your toolbox/shed.

All five-second grenade fuses will burn down in three seconds.

Nothing is ever as simple as it first seems.

If you have to travel on a Titanic, why not go first-class?

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

A writer mustn’t shift your point of view.

The only thing more dangerous than an amateur economist is a professional economist.

1. Everything is cold except what should be. 2. Everything, including the corn flakes, is greasy.

The organization of any bureaucracy is very much like a septic tank. The really big chunks always rise to the top.

Those who live closest arrive latest.

Everyone is always someplace else.

The local density of mosquitos is inversely proportional to your remaining repellent.

Machines that have broken down will work perfectly when the repairman arrives.

Halitosis is better than no breath at all.

The only thing worse than a husband who never notices what you cook or what you wear is a husband who always notices what you cook and what you wear.

The speed of an oncoming vehicle is directly proportional to the length of the passing zone.

The last rush-hour express bus to your neighborhood leaves five minutes before you get off work.

Nothing is so simple it cannot be misunderstood.