Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 8)

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Never step in anything soft.

Murphy’s Laws

The distance to the gate from which your flight departs is inversely proportional to the time remaining before the scheduled departure of the flight.

Activities Murphy’s Laws Time Travel

The first requisite of intelligent tinkering is to save all the pieces.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Things

Success means only doing what you do well, letting someone else do the rest.

Murphy’s Laws Success Work

Everything put together sooner or later falls apart.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

The army with the smartest dress uniform will lose.

Conflict Military Murphy’s Laws

When things just can't possibly get any worse, they will.

Murphy’s Laws

If on an actuarial basis there is a 50-50 chance that something will go wrong, it will actually go wrong nine times out of ten.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

A 60-day warranty guarantees that the product will self-destruct on the 61st day.

Murphy’s Laws Things

Them what has – gets.

Murphy’s Laws

If you don't need it and don't want it you can have tons of it.

Murphy’s Laws

When working on a project, if you put away a tool that you're certain you're finished with, you will need it instantly.

Murphy’s Laws Things Time

Rare is the “improvement” that will ever repay the time lost in performing it.

Computers Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather Things

Nothing is easy.

Life Murphy’s Laws Problems

When putting cheese in a mousetrap, always leave room for the mouse.

Murphy’s Laws Situations

The direction of take-off will be opposite that of the final destination.

Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather

You can always hit what you don't aim at.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Problems

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

Arms Military Murphy’s Laws

Everything is in a state of utter dishevelment.

Life Murphy’s Laws Problems

At a bargain sale, the only suit or dress that you like best and that fits you is the one not in the sale.

Activities Clothing Murphy’s Laws Shopping

If you don't say it, they can't repeat it.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech