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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

Yes KLiK

Tech laws

We don't know one millionth of one percent about anything

[May 6, 2007 5:23:10 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

Groucho's Law of Contract:

There ain't no Sanity Clause

[May 6, 2007 5:30:28 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

Deitz's Law of Ego:
The fury engendered by the misspelling of a name in a column is in direct ratio to the obscurity of the mentione

[May 6, 2007 6:20:33 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

Barret's rule

The bigger the house, the bigger the box room; stated another way:-
Rubbish expands to fill the space available.

[May 6, 2007 7:00:56 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

If you cite a source for information, it actually came from somebody else.

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[May 6, 2007 7:23:00 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

In designing any type of construction, no overall dimension can be totalled correctly after 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The correct total will become self-evident at 8:15 a.m. on Monday.

[May 6, 2007 7:26:19 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

Corollary to the above:
Never buy a a car that left the factory on a Monday

[May 6, 2007 9:26:10 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

Law of Research
Enough research will tend to support your theory

[May 6, 2007 9:52:48 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

Any attempt to print Murphy's laws will jam the printer. biggrin

[May 6, 2007 11:03:05 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

Law of Copiers

The legibility of a copy is inversely proportional to its importance biggrin

[May 6, 2007 11:44:34 PM]

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