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To: Richnorth who wrote (62338)	12/30/2000 9:38:48 PM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116753

OFF TOPIC??? The following was taken from the "Laughter is the Best Medicine thread". By the way, the definition of Murphy's Law is: The principle that whatever can possibly go wrong will. More From Murphy and His Laws ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ The secret to success is sincerity, once you can fake it, you've got it made. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of an oncoming train. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~ A $200.00 picture tube will protect a 10 cent fuse by blowing first. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~ In front of every silver lining, is a cloud. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Save yourself a lot of worry, don't burn your bridges until you have finished crossing them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Never make a decision you can get someone else to make. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ There is no time like the present for postponing what you want to do. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and hours are lost. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Never leave the room during a committee formation or you're elected. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ The cream rises to the top, so does the scum. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Any task worth doing was worth doing yesterday. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Important letters which contain no errors will develop errors in the mail. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Science is true. Don't be misled by fact. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Rule for precision: Measure with a micrometer. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~Mark with chalk.. Cut with an axe. ~~~~~~~~~ ~ After things have gone from bad to worse, the cycle will repeat itself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~When the going gets tough, everyone leaves. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ If you wait it will go away. If it was bad, it'll come back. ~~~~~~~~~ ~ Everything depends. Nothing is always. Everything is something. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~No matter what goes wrong, there is always someone who knew it would. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Complex problems have simple, easy to understand wrong answers. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~To err is human, but to really foul things up, requires a computer. ~~~~~~~~~ ~ A computer program does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do. ~~~~~~~~~ ~ When putting it into memory, remember where you put it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Never test an error condition you don't know how to handle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ In order for something to come clean, something else must get dirty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Nothing is ever done for the right reason. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ If everybody doesn't want it, nobody gets it. ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ To pick the expert, pick the one who predicts the job will take the longest and cost the most. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ An expert is anyone from out of town. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Indecision is the basis for flexibility. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Never create a problem for which you don't have the answer. ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ A fool and his money are soon partners. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Things equal to nothing else are equal to each other. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ You always find something the last place you look. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ The time it takes to rectify a situation is inversely proportional to the time it took to do the damage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ The item you had your eye on the minute you walk in will be taken by the person in front of you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ A crisis is when you can't say "Let's forget the whole thing". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ It is impossible for an optimist to be pleasantly surprised. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ The slowest checker is always at the quick check out lane. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Washing your car to make it rain doesn't work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Never draw what you can copy. Never copy what you can trace. Never trace what you can cut and paste. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Whenever you cut your fingernails, You will need them an hour later. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Photographer: The best shots happen right after the last frame is exposed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Photographer: The best shots are attempted through the lens cap. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ In an organization there is always one person who knows what is going on. This person must get fired. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Anyone can make a decision given enough facts. A good manager can make a decision without enough facts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~A perfect manager can operate in perfect ignorance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Don't let your superiors know you are better than they are. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ If you don't care where you are, you ain't lost. ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Some errors will always go unnoticed until the program is saved. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ The best way to inspire fresh thoughts is to seal the letter. ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ When somebody drops something, everyone will kick it around instead of picking it up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism.