Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 85)

1. In dealing with their “own” problems, faculty members are the most extreme conservatives 2. In dealing with “other” people's problems, they are the world's most extreme liberals.

The intensity of movie publicity is in inverse ratio to the quality of the movie.

Facts without theory are trivia. Theory without facts is bullshit.

Don't let anyone kid you about the life of Riley.

If you have to park six blocks away, you will find two new parking spaces right in front of the building entrance.

The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.

Don't use no double negatives.

The comfort of turning 49 is the realization that you are now too old to die young.

The one who least wants to play is the one who will win

1. The last gas station for 50 miles will be closed when you get there. 2. At the moment of any departure, the level of gas in your tank depends entirely on how late you are. 3. You only run out of gas after your wife tells you to stop for gas before you run out.

When stupidity is a sufficient explanation, there is no need to have recourse to any other.

Use it or lose it.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

The usefulness of any meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance.

If your project doesn't work, look for the part you didn't think was important.

Enough research will tend to support your theory.

A spoon placed in the sink will locate to maximize splash from the faucet.

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

The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on.

In designing any type of construction, no overall dimension can be totaled correctly after 4:40 p.m. on Friday.

Things will get worse before they get better; Who said things would get better?