Murphy's Lesser-Known Laws

1. Light travels faster than sound.
This is why some people appear
bright until you hear them speak.

2. Change is inevitable,
except from a vending machine.

3. Those who live by the sword
get shot by those who don't.

4. Nothing is foolproof to
a sufficiently talented fool.

5. The 50-50-90 rule:
Anytime you have a 50-50 chance
of getting something right, there's a
90% probability you'll get it wrong.

6. If you lined up all the cars in the world
end to end, someone would be stupid enough
to try to pass them, five or six at a time,
on a hill, in the fog

7. The things that come to those who wait
will be the scraggly junk left by
those who got there first.

8. The shin bone is a device for finding
furniture in a dark room.

9. A fine is a tax for doing wrong.
A tax is a fine for doing well.

10. When you go into court, you are putting
yourself into the hands of 12 people who
weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
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Most people are familiar with Murphy's Law:
"If anything can go wrong, it will."
Below are some Murphy's laws that may not be as familiar.