IN MURPHY WE TRUST

Every heard of Murphy's laws? If not, go grab this book from your nearest bookstore. This is a humourous collection of laws, principles, rules, axioms, theorem, codicils, comments, precepts, and their corollaries on why things go wrong or how everything happens at the wrong place at the wrong time.

I have read them some 10 years back, and since then I haven't had a chance to go through them again till yesterday when I was rummaging my brother's stuff. And man, they were as funny as they were 10 years ago. Check out a few of my favourite ones:

CHEIT's lament- If you help a friend in need, he's sure to remember you- the next time he's in need.

ZADRA'S LAW OF BIOMECHANICS- The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to its reach.

MR. COLE'S axiom- The sum of the intelligence on the plantet is a constant; the population is growing.

SKOFF'S LAW- A child will not spill on a dirty floor.

H. L. MECKEN'S LAW- Those who can- do; those who cannot- teach; those who cannot teach- administrate.

BECKAP'S LAW- Beauty times brains equals a constant.

BELL'S THEOREM- When a body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.

KE N'S LAW- A flying particle will always seek the nearest human eye.

PARDO'S FIRST POSTULATE- Anything good in life is either immoral, illegal or fattening.

ZYMURGY'S LAW OF VOLUNTEER LABOUR- People are always available for work in the past tense.

CAHN'S AXIOM- When all else fails, read the instruction manual.

O'TOOLE's COMMENT ON MURPHY'S LAWS- Murphy was an optimist.

There are 1000s of such crazy statements (laws!) on everyday life, on work, on personal relations, on business, on mechanics, etc. and you will have a reason to smile while you are still seething with rage at your futile efforts to fix the water pipe. This book explains the truth of man's existence: IF ANYTHING CAN GO WRONG, IT WILL.

Awesome stuff- just got reminded of this couple of days back when I was sitting on a plane on a runway, stuck for over 2 hrs.. grrr.. so I say, "In Murphy we trust!"