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*Murphy's Lesser Known Laws *
1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
2. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
3. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
4. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
5. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting Something right, there's a 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, on a hill, in the fog.
7. The things that come to those who wait will be the scraggly junk left by those who got there first.
8. The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.
9. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
10. When you go into court, you are putting yourself into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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are you cut from the same cloth i am??????
some people are like slinkies, they serve no purpose, but, they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
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Some of my own laws:
90% of a project will take 90% of the time. the remaining 10% will also take 90% of the time.
If nothing can go wrong, it will anyway.
Murphy was an optimist.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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11. Everything takes longer than you thought.
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11. Everything takes longer than you thought.
except have'n fun in the sack--   
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Well, in that case Toonces, while the following is from Mr.Eastwood and not Mr.Murphy(sorry GB), then I'd say number-12 here should be..... "A man's gotta know his limitations!" 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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13. When you have the time, you don't have the money.
14. When you have the money, you don't have the time.
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13. When you have the time, you don't have the money.
14. When you have the money, you don't have the time.
Oh man! AMEN on that one!
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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13. When you have the time, you don't have the money.
14. When you have the money, you don't have the time.
And you know your life's a pile of poo when you have neither!!!
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Thats no joke.. I have so much to do but so little time. Dont even get me started on "oh it will cost 10 bucks to do that", cause we all know that even in a perfect world that aint gonna happen, EVER.
Dont like what you see??? Big red X in the top right of your screen will fix it!
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except have'n fun in the sack--
That's the only thing you do that you do quicker the first time, and slower with experience.
 
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That's the only thing you do that you do quicker the first time, and slower with experience.
Nope, not the only thing.... don't forget Miniature Golf. 
Thom
I might be wrong, I sometimes am.
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#15 There's no such thing as a sure thing! (One of my personal credos as I spend a lot of time with two uncles who are the perenial optimists. One has been married 3 times and one has been married 5!)
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#15......... two uncles who are the perenial optimists. One has been married 3 times and one has been married 5!)
But it's ok half of nothing is....
Multiply that by 3 or 5 in either of your uncles cases.
What have they really risked or lost?
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#15 There's no such thing as a sure thing! (One of my personal credos as I spend a lot of time with two uncles who are the perenial optimists. One has been married 3 times and one has been married 5!)
Well Rich, if each of your uncles' marriages didn't end with a death of their wives(in which case if they did, please offer them my condolences), then may I suggest number-16 here should be...
-If you're a parennial optimist, you may not be the best judge of chartacter when it comes to picking a mate.
and then number-17 here should be....
-Pick your mate using the head situated atop your shoulders...NOT that one down there.
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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That's the only thing you do that you do quicker the first time, and slower with experience.
i concur,,,it just never seems to last long enough,,,,, 
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