Murphy's Lesser-Known Dictums

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's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

If you  lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough  to try to pass them, 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.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish  and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Flashlight: 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 into court, you are putting yourself in  the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury  duty