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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

I ignore all these superstitions and no harm has come to me yet - touch wood!

[Jan 11, 2009 4:14:21 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

Waste accumulates faster than it can be recycled.

[Jan 13, 2009 4:32:32 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

After an access cover has been secured by 16 hold-down screws, it will be discovered that the gasket has been omitted.

~ De la Lastra's Corollary

[Jan 15, 2009 4:59:08 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

~ Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988), "The Peter Principle"

[Jan 20, 2009 12:42:55 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

Man who stand and bury head in sand only show world his posterior.

[Jan 25, 2009 8:47:27 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

All of your friends either missed it, lost it or threw it out.

[Sep 26, 2009 12:03:56 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

Any inanimate object, regardless of its position, configuration or purpose, may be expected to perform at any time in a totally unexpected manner for reasons that are either entirely obscure or else completely mysterious.

[Sep 27, 2009 7:45:34 AM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

What you gain at the bargain counter, you lose on the taxi fare home.

[Sep 27, 2009 10:26:06 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.

[Sep 27, 2009 11:28:24 PM]

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Re: Murphy's laws and corollaries

The last dirty dish only turns up just after the dishwasher starts up.

[Sep 28, 2009 11:45:41 AM]

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