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Gallois' Revelation:
If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow enobled, and no one dares to criticize it. |
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Zymurgy's Law of Volunteer Labour:
People are always available for work in the past tense. |
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Murphy's law on work:
Mother said there would be days like this but she never said there would be so many. |
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Second Law of Business Meetings
If there are two possible ways to spell a person's name, you will pick the wrong one. Corollary If there is only one way to spell a name, you will spell it wrong, anyway. |
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Garbage in, garbage out; but: wisdom in, nothing out.
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The bigger the house, the bigger the box room. The bigger the box room the less valuable are its contents.
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Accidents and emergencies only happen in threes.
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No matter how much you search before starting the dishwasher, another plate will turn up after you have switched on.
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No matter how much you search before starting the dishwasher, another plate will turn up after you have switched on.  |
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You go to the match
The stadium is full to capacity - uncomfortably. The action is dull and lifeless but, just in case something does happen, you stick it out until the last minute. It is wet, cold and lonely outside but there is no queue for the bus, which arrives in good time - in good time for you to hear a rousing cheer emanating from the stadium. |
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