Murphy's Lesser Known Laws

When I opened my email a few minutes ago, look at what I saw: Murphy's Lesser Known Laws. Haven't read them yet but will comment as I go along, if I'm up to it.


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

I like this. It reminds me of this abbreviated line from Macbeth: “It is a tale … full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.” It also reminds me of the expression "dumb blond".

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

I'd like to add, and from pay phones.

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

Haha. Corny.

4. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

Duh...

5. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's 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. Things that come to those who wait will be the scraggly junk left by those who got there first.

A lot of time this is true, but sometimes, waiting pays.

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

Ouch, aray, aragay!!!!!!

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

The time I received my salary of P600 as a high school teacher, I felt so sad I had to part with some of it for taxes. Can't some professions like teaching be exempted from paying taxes? Pay is so low as it is considering that without teachers where would the rest of the educated world be?

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.