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MURPHY'S LAWS..... Murphy's 1st law - If anything can go wrong it will. Murphy's 2nd law - Nothing is as easy as it looks. Murphy's 3rd law - Everything takes longer than you think it will. Murphy's 4th law - Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's 5th law - If there is a possibility of several things going wrong the one that will cause the most damage will be the one. Murphy's 6th law - Nature always sides with the hidden flaw. Murphy's 7th law - It always costs more than first estimated. Murphy's 8th law - If you try to please everybody somebody will be dissappointed. Murphy's 9th law - It is easier to get involved with something than it is to get out of something. Murphy's 10th law - Every solution breeds new problems. Murphy's 11th law - Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first. Murphy's 12th law - If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a precedure can go wrong and circumvent these, a fifth way will promptly develop. Murphy's 13th law - If you're feeling good don't worry, you'll get over it. Murphy's 14th law - It is impossible to make anything foolproof. Fools are so ingenious. Murphy's 15th law - If you tinker with something long enough it will break. Murphy's 16th law - By makeing things absolutely clear, you will confuse people. Murphy's 17th law - The more complex the idea or technology, the more simple minded is the opposition. Murphy's 18th law - The more urgent the need for a decision, the less apparent the identity of the decisionmaker becomes. Murphy's 19th law - If there is a 50% chance of success, the means there is a 75% chance of failure. Murphy's 20th law - Interchangeable parts won't. Murphey's 21st law - In any computation, the figure that is obviously correct will be the source of the error. Murphy's 22nd law - Blame will never be placed if enough people are involved. Murphy's 23rd law - No matter what happens, someone will credit a pet theory. Murphy's 24th law - A fail-safe circuit will destroy all others. Murphy's 25th law - Trust everybody ... then cut the cards. Murphy's 26th law - Two wrongs are only the beginning. Murphy's 27th law - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. Murphy's 28th law - To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles. Murphy's 29th law - Exceptions prove the rule ... and wreck the budget. Murphy's 30th law - Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view. Murphy's social theory - If in the course of several months, only three worthwhile social events take place, all three will fall on the same evening. Murphy's law of thermodynamics - Things get worse under pressure. |
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HMMMMM...... Is it good if a vacuum really sucks? If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack? Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing? Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing? Why do "tug" boats push their barges? Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there? Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting? Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"? Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected? Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites? Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things? Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds? If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it? If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting? If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right? Why is bra singular and panties plural? Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead? Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase? How come abbreviated is such a long word? Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them? Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one? Christmas oxymoron: What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks? If vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?  |