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Witty sayings from the book by Bloch

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MURPHY’S LAW:

If anything can go wrong, it will.

O’TOOLE’S COMMENTARY (From Murphy’s Law):

Murphy was an optimist.

GOLDBERG’S COMMENTARY:

O’Toole was an optimist.

NAGLER’S COMMENT ON THE ORIGIN OF MURPHY’S LAW:

Murphy’s Law was not propounded by Murphy 5ut by another man of the same name.

KOHN’S COROLLARY TO MURPHY’S LAW:

Two wrongs are only the beginning.

MCDONALD’S COROLLARY TO MURPHY’S LAW:

In any given set of circumstances, the proper course of action is determined by subsequent events.

MURPHY’S LAW OF GOVERNMENT:

If anything can go wrong, it will do so in triplicate.

MAAHS’ LAW:

Things go right so they can go wrong.

ADDENDUM TO MURPHY’S LAW:

In precise mathematical terms, 1 + 1=2, where ‘=’ is a symbol meaning ‘seldom if ever.’

MURPHY’S UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE:

You can know something has gone wrong only when you make an odd number of mistakes.

TUSSMAN’S LAW:

Nothing is as inevitable as a mistake whose time has come.

GUALTIERI’S LAW OF INERTIA:

Where there’s a will, there’s a won’t.

FAHNESTOCK’S RULE FOR FAILURE:

If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

ZYMURGY’S LAW OF EVOLVING SYSTEMS DYNAMICS (from Murphy’s Law):

Once you open a can of worms, the only way to recan them is to use a larger can.

KAISER’S COMMENT ON ZYMURGY:

Never open a can of worms unless you plan to go fishing.