Category Archives: Murphy’s Law desk calendar

A curation of Murphy’s Law saying from over the years.

“Murphy’s Law”

April 4, 2019Murphy's Law desk calendarJim

From my “Murphy’s Law” desk calendar archives thanks to Aunt Evelyn, Uncle Pipey, and cousin Nancy:

De Never’s Law of Complexity: The simplest subjects are the ones you don’t know anything about.

Goofy guy’s admission concerning De Never’s Law of Complexity: And for me the number of  “simplest” subjects and the rest are complicated, which i also know enough about to just be dangerous.

“Murphy’s Law”

April 3, 2019Murphy's Law desk calendarJim

From my “Murphy’s Law” desk calendar archives thanks to Aunt Evelyn, Uncle Pipey, and cousin Nancy:

Kovac’s Conundrum: When you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal.

Goofy guy’s corollary to Kovac’s Conundrum: Robo calls never dial a wrong number and never get a “right” number but are always annoying.

“Murphy’s Law”

March 31, 2019Murphy's Law desk calendarJim

From my “Murphy’s Law” desk calendar archives thanks to Aunt Evelyn, Uncle Pipey, and cousin Nancy:

Emerson’s Observation: In every work of genius we recognize our rejected thoughts.

Goofy guy’s annex to Emerson’s Observation: Unfortunately, we also recognize our rejected thoughts in a whole bunch of non-genius.

“Murphy’s Law”

March 30, 2019Murphy's Law desk calendarJim

From my “Murphy’s Law” desk calendar archives thanks to Aunt Evelyn, Uncle Pipey, and cousin Nancy:

McClellan’s Law of Cognition: Only new categories escape the stereotyped thinking associated with old abstractions.

Goofy guy’s concern about McClellan’s Law of Cognition: Huh?

“Murphy’s Law”

March 28, 2019Murphy's Law desk calendarJim

From my “Murphy’s Law” desk calendar archives thanks to Aunt Evelyn, Uncle Pipey, and cousin Nancy:

The Rockefeller Principle: Never do anything you wouldn’t be caught dead doing.

Goofy guy’s comment on The Rockefeller Principle: Another of my all time favorites.