[  | Bookmark? |  ]4< Welcome Welcome to Limefizz.org! My name is Tori (aka Ali) and I'll be your webmisstress. Keep in mind that the post at the top is the most recent - you may need to read older posts to understand the current one. Enjoy your stay! This site is best viewed with 1024x768 and IE6. You may want to take a look at the blogger's disclaimer should you become offended.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The 18 Unnatural Laws 1. MURPHY’S LAW If anything can go wrong, it will. 2. OTOOL’S COMMENTARY ON MURPHY’S LAW Murphy was an optimist. 3. THE UNSPEAKABLE LAW As soon as you mention something... ...if it’s good, it goes away. ...if it’s bad, it happens. 4. NONRECIPROCAL LAWS OF EXPECTATIONS Negative expectations yield negative results. Positive expectations yield negative results. 5. HOWE’S LAW Every man has a scheme that will not work. 6. ZYMURGY’S LAW OF EVOLVING SYSTEMS DYNAMICS Once you open a can of worms, the only way to recan them is to use a larger can. 7. ETTORE’S OBSERVATION The other line moves faster. 8. SKINNER’S CONSTANT (FLANNAGAN’S FINAGLING FACTOR) That quantity which, when multiplied by, divided by, added to, or subtractedfrom the answer you get, gives you the answer you should have gotten. 9. LAW OF SELECTIVE GRAVITY An object will fall so as to do the most damage. 9A. JENNING’S COROLLARY The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet. 10. GORDON’S FIRST LAW If a research project is not worth doing at all, it is not worth doing well. 11. MAIER’S LAW If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of. 12. HOARE’S LAW OF LARGE PROBLEMS Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out. 13. BOREN’S FIRST LAW When in doubt, mumble. 14. THE GOLDEN RULE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Whoever has the gold makes the rules. 15. BARTH’S DISTINCTION There are two types of people: those who divide people into two types, and those who don’t. 16. SEGAL’S LAW A man with one watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. 17. NINETY-NINE RULE OF PROJECT SCHEDULES The first 90% of the task takes 90% of the time, and the last 10% takes the other 90%. 18. FARBER’S FOURTH LAW Necessity is the mother of strange bedfellows. Special thanks to Nick Back>> |
