Laws of Modern Life


Weinberg's first Law: If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.

Weilers Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.

Lowery's law: If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

Murphy's First Law: Nothing is as easy as it looks.

Murphy's Second Law: Everything takes longer than you think.

Murphy's Third Law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time.

Murphy's Fourth Law: 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.

Murphy's Fifth Law: If anything just can't go wrong, it will anyway.

Murphy's Sixth Law: If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Murphy's law of thermodynamics: Things get worse under pressure.

Cranes Law: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

Borens Law: When in doubt, mumble.

Ides's law: There is always an easier way to do it.

Scott's first law: No matter what goes wrong, it will probably look right.

Scott's second law: When an error has been detected and corrected, it will be found to have been correct in the first place.

Simon's law: Everything put together falls apart sooner or later.

Hl Mencken's Law: Those who can - do. Those who cannot - teach.

Sutins Law: The most useless tasks are the most fun to do!


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