Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 9)

Always leave room to add an explanation if it doesn't work out.

An object at rest will be in the wrong place.

If you wait, it will go away.

What we learn after we know it all, is what counts.

It's easier to be a liberal a long way from home.

The first pull on the cord ALWAYS sends the drapes in the wrong direction.

The only way a reporter should look at a politician is down.

Even paranoids have enemies.

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

All women marry beneath them.

Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can get done sometime next week.

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

Food that tastes the best has the highest number of calories.

Committee reports dealing with wages, salaries, fringe benefits, facilities, computers, employee parking, libraries, coffee breaks, secretarial support, etc., always call for dramatic expenditure increases.

If you knew what you were doing, you'd probably be bored.

Always assume that your assumption is invalid.

Trivial matters are handled promptly; important matters are never resolved.

Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

Create the impression that you have already reached your level of incompetence.

The length of any meeting is inversely proportional to the length of the agenda for that meeting.

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