Murphy's Law
If anything can go wrong, it will
Murphy's First Law
If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
Murphy's Second Law
Everything takes longer than you think.
Murphy's Third Law
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time.
Murphy's Fourth Law
If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.
Murphy's Fifth Law
If anything just can't go wrong, it will anyway.
Murphy's Sixth Law
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
Murphy's Seventh Law
Nothing is as easy as it looks
Murphy's law of thermodynamics
Things get worse under pressure.
Murphy's Philosophy
Smile . . . tomorrow will be worse.
Murphy's Constant
Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value
Murphy's Laws of Research
a)Enough research will tend to support whatever theory.
b)Research supports a specific theory depending on the amount of funds dedicated to it.
Some Murphyisms coined by others
If many things can go wrong, they will all go wrong at the same time.
If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse
In nature, nothing is ever right. Therefore, if everything is going right ... something is wrong.
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.
Every solution breeds new problems.
no matter how perfect things are made to appear, Murphy's law will take effect and screw it up.
You cannot successfully determine beforehand which side of the bread to butter.
The chance of the buttered side of the bread falling face down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
A falling object will always land where it can do the most damage.
A paint drip will always find the hole in the newspaper and land on the carpet underneath .... and will not be discovered until it has dried.
A valuable dropped item will always fall into an inaccessible place
If you use a pole saw to saw a limb while standing on an aluminum ladder borrowed from your neighbor, the limb will fall in such a way as to bend the ladder before it knocks you to the ground.
The greater the value of the rug, the greater the probability that the cat will throw up on it.
You will always find something in the last place you look.
It is never in the last place you look. It is in the first place you look, but never discovered on the first attempt.
If your looking for more than one thing, you'll find the most important one last.
After you bought a replacement for something you've lost and searched for everywhere, you'll find the original.
No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.
The other line always moves faster.
In order to get a personal loan, you must first prove you don't need it.
Anything you try to fix will take longer and cost you more than you thought.
If you fool around with a thing for very long you will screw it up.
If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
When a broken appliance is demonstrated for the repairman, it will work perfectly.
Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.
Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work.
In any hierarchy, each individual rises to his own level of incompetence, and then remains there.
There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over.
When in doubt, mumble. When in trouble, delegate.
Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
In case of doubt, make it sound convincing.
Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.
No good deed goes unpunished.
Anything dropped in the bathroom will fall in the toilet.
Relativistic correction of Murphy's law:
Whether things can go wrong or not, it depends on your frame of reference.
Regardless of your frame of reference, things will go wrong anyway.
If you want something bad enough, chances are you won't get it.
If you think you are doing the right thing, chances are it will back-fire in your face.
When waiting for crossing, chances are that when one lane clears the other is congested.
Just when you think things cannot get any worse, they will.
He who angers you controls you, there-fore you have no control over your anger.
Any time you put an item in a "safe place", it will never be seen again.
Your best golf shots always occur when playing alone.
The worst golf shots always occur when playing with someone you are trying to impress.
The fish are always biting....yesterday!
You will never leave a parking space without someone in an adjacent space leaving at the same time.
The cost of the hair do is directly related to the strength of the wind.
Great ideas are never remembered and dumb statements are never forgotten.
The clothes washer/dryer will only eat one of each pair of socks.
When you see light at the end of the tunnel, the tunnel will cave in.
The light at the end of the tunnel is a train
Being dead right, won't make you any less dead.
Whatever you want, you can't have, what you can have, you don't want.
Whatever you want to do, is Not possible, what ever is possible for you to do, you don't want to do it.
Traffic is directly proportional to how late you are.
The complexity and frustration factor is inversely proportional to how much time you have left to finish, and how important it is.
the probability of being observed is in direct proportion to the stupidity of ones actions
Any thing that can go wrong, HAS Already Gone Wrong!
You just haven't been notified.
If you say something, and stake your reputation on it, you will lose your reputation.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..."
The gas station is always on the other side of the road
If anything can go wrong, it will
Edward Aloysius Murphy, Jr. (1918 –1990) was an American aerospace engineer who worked on an air travel safety system project. The law is attributed to him as spoken in an adverse circumstance. But various versions of this adage that speaks about the preverse nature of universe were present in the language already. Interestingly much research is carried out on this topic.
One day, after finding fault with a technician he supposedly said, "If there is any way to do it wrong, he'll find it."
Many variants of the law were subsequently formed. Some of them are listed below. The numbering of the laws is arbitrary.
Murphy's First Law
If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
Murphy's Second Law
Everything takes longer than you think.
Murphy's Third Law
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time.
Murphy's Fourth Law
If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.
Murphy's Fifth Law
If anything just can't go wrong, it will anyway.
Murphy's Sixth Law
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
Murphy's Seventh Law
Nothing is as easy as it looks
Murphy's law of thermodynamics
Things get worse under pressure.
Murphy's Philosophy
Smile . . . tomorrow will be worse.
Murphy's Constant
Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value
Murphy's Laws of Research
a)Enough research will tend to support whatever theory.
b)Research supports a specific theory depending on the amount of funds dedicated to it.
Some Murphyisms coined by others
If many things can go wrong, they will all go wrong at the same time.
If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse
In nature, nothing is ever right. Therefore, if everything is going right ... something is wrong.
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.
Every solution breeds new problems.
no matter how perfect things are made to appear, Murphy's law will take effect and screw it up.
You cannot successfully determine beforehand which side of the bread to butter.
The chance of the buttered side of the bread falling face down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
A falling object will always land where it can do the most damage.
A paint drip will always find the hole in the newspaper and land on the carpet underneath .... and will not be discovered until it has dried.
A valuable dropped item will always fall into an inaccessible place
If you use a pole saw to saw a limb while standing on an aluminum ladder borrowed from your neighbor, the limb will fall in such a way as to bend the ladder before it knocks you to the ground.
The greater the value of the rug, the greater the probability that the cat will throw up on it.
You will always find something in the last place you look.
It is never in the last place you look. It is in the first place you look, but never discovered on the first attempt.
If your looking for more than one thing, you'll find the most important one last.
After you bought a replacement for something you've lost and searched for everywhere, you'll find the original.
No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.
The other line always moves faster.
In order to get a personal loan, you must first prove you don't need it.
Anything you try to fix will take longer and cost you more than you thought.
If you fool around with a thing for very long you will screw it up.
If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
When a broken appliance is demonstrated for the repairman, it will work perfectly.
Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.
Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work.
In any hierarchy, each individual rises to his own level of incompetence, and then remains there.
There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over.
When in doubt, mumble. When in trouble, delegate.
Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
In case of doubt, make it sound convincing.
Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.
No good deed goes unpunished.
Anything dropped in the bathroom will fall in the toilet.
Relativistic correction of Murphy's law:
Whether things can go wrong or not, it depends on your frame of reference.
Regardless of your frame of reference, things will go wrong anyway.
If you want something bad enough, chances are you won't get it.
If you think you are doing the right thing, chances are it will back-fire in your face.
When waiting for crossing, chances are that when one lane clears the other is congested.
Just when you think things cannot get any worse, they will.
He who angers you controls you, there-fore you have no control over your anger.
Any time you put an item in a "safe place", it will never be seen again.
Your best golf shots always occur when playing alone.
The worst golf shots always occur when playing with someone you are trying to impress.
The fish are always biting....yesterday!
You will never leave a parking space without someone in an adjacent space leaving at the same time.
The cost of the hair do is directly related to the strength of the wind.
Great ideas are never remembered and dumb statements are never forgotten.
The clothes washer/dryer will only eat one of each pair of socks.
When you see light at the end of the tunnel, the tunnel will cave in.
The light at the end of the tunnel is a train
Being dead right, won't make you any less dead.
Whatever you want, you can't have, what you can have, you don't want.
Whatever you want to do, is Not possible, what ever is possible for you to do, you don't want to do it.
Traffic is directly proportional to how late you are.
The complexity and frustration factor is inversely proportional to how much time you have left to finish, and how important it is.
the probability of being observed is in direct proportion to the stupidity of ones actions
Any thing that can go wrong, HAS Already Gone Wrong!
You just haven't been notified.
If you say something, and stake your reputation on it, you will lose your reputation.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..."
The gas station is always on the other side of the road
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