Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 80)

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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

Incoming fire has the right-of-way.

Military Murphy’s Laws

The rush job you spent all night on won't be needed for at least two days.

Murphy’s Laws

You can make it foolproof, but you can't make it damnfoolproof.

Fools Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Whenever a system becomes completely defined, someone discovers something which either abolishes the system or expands it beyond recognition.

Murphy’s Laws

The probability of winning is inversely proportional to the amount of the wager.

Money Murphy’s Laws

A biscuit takes up moisture when it goes stale and becomes limp; a cake loses moisture and becomes hard.

Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

Thinly sliced cabbage.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Wordplay

If things were left to chance, they'd be better.

Murphy’s Laws

If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.

Murphy’s Laws

An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance.

Appearance Murphy’s Laws Success

If mathematically you end up with the incorrect answer, try multiplying by the page number.

Murphy’s Laws

If you're coasting, you're going downhill.

Murphy’s Laws

The possibility of getting lost is directly proportional to the number of times the direction-giver says "you can't miss it."

Murphy’s Laws

Anything can be made to work if you fiddle with it long enough.

Murphy’s Laws Time

If an experiment works, you must be using the wrong equipment.

Murphy’s Laws Things

You can't win; You can't break even; You can't quit.

Murphy’s Laws

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

Murphy’s Laws

If there are two possible ways to spell a person’s name, you will pick the wrong spelling.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

If you have watched a TV series only once, and you watch it again, it will be a rerun of the same episode.

Entertainment Murphy’s Laws Television

For every human problem, there is a neat, simple solution and it is always wrong.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Murphy’s Laws Problems