Murphy's newer laws and other proverbs

SOME OF MURPHY'S LESSER KNOWN LAWS


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

He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

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

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

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

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

If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

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

A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.

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

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

When you go to court, you are putting yourself in the hands of 12
people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

----from an email from Col. Thermal Updraft