Laws of Nature

MURPHY’S LAW

1. IF ANYTHING CAN GO WRONG, IT WILL.

2. NOTHING IS AS EASY AS IT LOOKS.

3. EVERYTHING TAKES LONGER THAN YOU THINK IT WILL.

4. IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SEVERAL THINGS GOING WRONG, THE ONE THAT WILL CAUSE THE MOST DAMAGE WILL GO WRONG.

5. WHENEVER Y0U SET OUT TO DO SOMETHING, SOMETHING ELSE MUST BE DONE FIRST.

6. EVERY SOLUTION BREEDS A NEW PROBLEM.

7. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE ANYTHING FOOLPROOF BECAUSE FOOLS ARE SO INGENIOUS.

8. NATURE ALWAYS SIDES WITH THE HIDDEN FLAW.

9. LEFT TO THEMSELVES, THINGS WILL ALWAYS TEND TO GO FROM BAD TO WORSE.

10. WHEN THINGS JUST CAN’T GET ANY WORST, THEY WILL.


SIMON’S LAW

EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER SOONER OR LATER FALLS APART.


SCOTT’S LAW

NO MATTER WHAT GOES WRONG, IT WILL PROBABLY LOOK RIGHT.

WHEN AN ERROR HAS BEEN DETECTED AND CORRECTED, IT WILL FOUND TO HAVE BEEN CORRECT IN THE FIRST PLACE.


FINAGLE’S LAW

ONCE A JOB IS FOULED UP, ANYTHING DONE TO IMPROVE IT WILL ONLY MAKE IT WORSE.


THE UNSPEAKABLE LAW


AS SOON AS YOU MENTION SOMETHING, IF IT’S GOOD IT GOES AWAY, IF IT’S BAD, IT HAPPENS.


BUGGIN’S LAW

THE MAN WHO CAN SMILE WHEN THINGS GO WRONG HAS THOUGHT OF SOMEONE HE CAN BLAME IT ON.