Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 81)

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The reliability of machinery is inversely proportional to the number and significance of any persons watching it.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems

It is better to have a horrible ending than to have horrors without end.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

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

Murphy’s Laws Problems

One man's red tape is another man's system.

Murphy’s Laws

Birthday parties always end in tears.

Children Murphy’s Laws Situations

Spend sufficient time in confirming the need and the need will disappear.

Murphy’s Laws Time

The only time you've had enough is when you've just finished.

Murphy’s Laws Sex

All warranty and guarantee clauses are rendered void on payment of the invoice.

Money Murphy’s Laws

There are no answers, only cross references.

Murphy’s Laws

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

Autos Government Murphy’s Laws

Of all possible committee reactions to any given agenda item, the reaction that will occur is the one which will liberate the greatest amount of hot air.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech

When a problem goes away, the people working to solve it do not.

Murphy’s Laws People Problems

When you're up to your nose, keep your mouth shut.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Situations

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong

Corollary: If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen then.

Murphy’s Laws

Law expands in proportion to the resources available for its enforcement.

Government Murphy’s Laws

In a bureaucratic hierarchy, the higher up the organization the less people appreciate Murphy's Law.

Murphy’s Laws

When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important will be illegible.

Education Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing School

The shortest measurable interval of time is the time between the moment one puts a little extra aside for a sudden emergency and the arrival of that emergency.

Money Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

Everybody lies; but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.

Characteristics Communication Honesty Lies Murphy’s Laws

Anything worth doing is worth doing in excess.

Murphy’s Laws

The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord.

Computers Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather Things