Murphey's Law Section

1. If anything can go wrong, it will (e.g. if you drop a piece of toast, it will inevitably fall jam-side down.)
2. Nothing is as easy as it looks.
3. Everything takes longer than you think it will.
4. (THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MOTTO):
   Whatever you've planned to do costs more than the original estimate.
5. There is nothing sadder than a great idea whose time has not come.
6. Whatever project you set out to do,some other project must be done first.
7. Although you can't fool all of the people all of the time, you can sure fool a lot of the people a lot of the time.
8. By making something perfectly clear, someone will be totally confused.
9. Every great idea has a disadvantage equal to, or exceeding, the greatness of the idea.
10. Precise planning, minute attention to detail and exact timing never succeed like dumb luck.
11. The success of a good idea depends on knowing what to do with it.
12. The more ridiculous, stupid and dumb an idea is, the better chance it has of catching on.

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Robert (Bob) J. Lee
Mt. San Antonio College
Contact: rlee@mtsacvm.mtsac.edu
January 18, 1996
URL: http://www.mtsac.edu/~rlee
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