Murphy's Law
I've been on a bit of a clean out spree as of late. Unpacking and sorting though stuff that I've never got round to doing anything with since we moved into this house about 4 years ago. One of the things that I found was my Murphy's Law picture. Here's what it says...
Murphy was an optimist.
Never eat prunes when you are famished.
Where you stand on an issue depends on where you sit.
Friends come and go but enemies accumulate.
If you try to please everybody nobody will like it.
A short cut is the longest distance between two points.
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
No good deed goes unpunished.
Leakproof seals - will.
Self starters - will not.
Interchangeable parts - won't.
There is always one more bug.
Nature is a mother.
Don't mess with Mrs Murphy!
90% of everything is garbage.
If you're feeling good, don't worry, it never lasts.
You will always find something in the last place you look.
The chance of a piece of bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
No matter how long or hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.
No one's life, liberty, or property is safe while the parliament is in session.
The other line always moves faster.
In order to get a loan, you must first prove you don't need it.
Anything you try to fix will take longer and cost more than you thought.
If you fool around with a thing for very long you will screw it up.
A $300 picture tube will protect a 10c fuse by blowing first.
If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
Any tool dropped while repairing a car will roll underneath to the exact centre.
The serviceman will never have seen a model quite like yours before.
When a broken appliance is demonstrated for a serviceman, it will work perfectly.
A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.
Everybody should believe in something - I believe I'll have another drink.
Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.
Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work.
In any hierarchy, each individual rises to his own level of incompetence, and then remain there.
You will remember that you forgot to take out the rubbish when the garbage truck is two doors away.
The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over.
When in doubt, mumble, when in trouble, delegate.
Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
It is morally wrong to allow suckers to keep their money.
A bird in hand is safer than one overhead.
Golden rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.
If it moves shoot it.
If it doesn't it probably works here.
Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of an oncoming train.
Celibacy is not hereditary.
Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.
Beauty is only skin deep, ugly goes to the bone.
To know yourself is the ultimate form of aggression. (Freudian Psychology)
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.
A smith & wesson beats four aces.
If everything seems to be going well, you obviously don't know what the hell is going on.
If more than one person is responsible for a miscalculation, no one will at fault.
In case of doubt, make it sound convincing.
Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.
Murphy was an optimist.
Never eat prunes when you are famished.
Where you stand on an issue depends on where you sit.
Friends come and go but enemies accumulate.
If you try to please everybody nobody will like it.
A short cut is the longest distance between two points.
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
No good deed goes unpunished.
Leakproof seals - will.
Self starters - will not.
Interchangeable parts - won't.
There is always one more bug.
Nature is a mother.
Don't mess with Mrs Murphy!
90% of everything is garbage.
If you're feeling good, don't worry, it never lasts.
You will always find something in the last place you look.
The chance of a piece of bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
No matter how long or hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.
No one's life, liberty, or property is safe while the parliament is in session.
The other line always moves faster.
In order to get a loan, you must first prove you don't need it.
Anything you try to fix will take longer and cost more than you thought.
If you fool around with a thing for very long you will screw it up.
A $300 picture tube will protect a 10c fuse by blowing first.
If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
Any tool dropped while repairing a car will roll underneath to the exact centre.
The serviceman will never have seen a model quite like yours before.
When a broken appliance is demonstrated for a serviceman, it will work perfectly.
A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.
Everybody should believe in something - I believe I'll have another drink.
Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.
Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work.
In any hierarchy, each individual rises to his own level of incompetence, and then remain there.
You will remember that you forgot to take out the rubbish when the garbage truck is two doors away.
The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over.
When in doubt, mumble, when in trouble, delegate.
Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
It is morally wrong to allow suckers to keep their money.
A bird in hand is safer than one overhead.
Golden rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.
If it moves shoot it.
If it doesn't it probably works here.
Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of an oncoming train.
Celibacy is not hereditary.
Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.
Beauty is only skin deep, ugly goes to the bone.
To know yourself is the ultimate form of aggression. (Freudian Psychology)
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.
A smith & wesson beats four aces.
If everything seems to be going well, you obviously don't know what the hell is going on.
If more than one person is responsible for a miscalculation, no one will at fault.
In case of doubt, make it sound convincing.
Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.
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