13 Favorite Murphy's Laws

Thirteen Favorite Murphy's Laws

I was young an impressionable in the 80s when the Murphy's Law craze came. As I got older more of the laws made sense to me. Here are 13 of my favorites.


  1. Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage.
  2. The Golden Rule of Arts and Sciences: Whoever has the gold makes the rules.
  3. First Law of Debate: Never argue with a fool—people might not know the difference.
  4. Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
  5. The Aquinas Axiom: What the gods get away with, the cows don't.
  6. If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book.
    Corollary: If you are given a take home exam, you will forget where you live.
  7. Ginsberg's Theorem:
    1. You can't win.
    2. You can't break even.
    3. You can't even quit the game.
  8. Paul's Law: You can't fall off the floor.
  9. Zymurgy's Law of Volunteer Labor: People are always available for work in the past tense.
  10. Segal's Law: A man with one watch knows what time it is.
    A man with two watches is never sure.
  11. First Law of Socio-Genetics: Celibacy is not hereditary.
  12. Steele's Plagiarism of Somebody's Philosophy: Everybody should believe in something—I believe I'll have another drink.
  13. The Fifth Rule: You have taken yourself too seriously.

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