Addendum to Murphy's laws

[maynard]

 

[DrEntropy]

Profoundly true!

 

[Bob McElwee]

Been there, done that!

 

[DrEntropy]

And a corollary: "If you haven't had to do it over again three times, you haven't done it."

 

[John Turney]

Yep!

 

[Bob McElwee]

Been there, done that too - I’m a slow learner!

 

[anarchy99]

Millieniums worth of experience in this forum

 

[Trevor Triumph]

Yep. Also, work expands to fill the amount of time needed to complete it. It take two if you've got that much time. If you have two weeks, it'll take that long.

 

[Basil]

I need that sign in my garage!

 

[AUSMHLY]

• Etorre's Observation - The other line moves faster.
• Barth's Distinction - There are two types of people in the world: those who divide people into types and those who don't.
• Acton's Law - Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely
• Boob's Law - You always find something in the last place you look.
• Clarke's Third Law - Any sufficiently advanced society is indistinguishable from magic.
• Franklin's Rule - Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he will not be disappointed.
• Issawi's Law of the Path of Progress - A shortcut is the longest distance between two points.
• Mencken's Law - Those who can, do. Those who cannot, teach.
• Patton's Law - A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.
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[Bayless]

Looks like the dratted spell checker got to you on Clarke's law. That should be
"Any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic."