From my “Murphy’s Law” desk calendar archives thanks to Aunt Evelyn, Uncle Pipey, and cousin Nancy:
McClaughry’s Codicil to Jone’s Motto: To make and enemy, do someone a favor.
Goofy guy’s extrapolation of McClaughry’s Codicil to Jone’s Motto: The extent of the enmity is exponential if the new enemy is a score keeper.
From my “Murphy’s Law” desk calendar archives thanks to Aunt Evelyn, Uncle Pipey, and cousin Nancy:
Burke’s Law: Never create a problem for which you do not have the answer.
Corollary: Create problems for which only you have the answer.
Goofy guy’s contradiction of Burke’s Law and Corrollary: Adherence to this law and its corollary is impossible in this day of computers, the internet, and the cloud.
These were included in one of my Facebook posts from a dozen years ago. i wanted to make sure they were archived here. i would add some goofy guy comments to each one, but some hit too close to home.
From my “Murphy’s Law” desk calendar archives thanks to Aunt Evelyn, Uncle Pipey, and cousin Nancy:
Schopenhauer’s Theory of Entropy: If you put a spoonful of wine in a barrel full of sewage, you get sewage. If you put a spoonful of sewage in a barrel full of wine, you get sewage.
Goofy guy’s admiration of Schopenhauer’s Theory of Entropy: As mentioned before this is one of, if not the favorite of all of the Murphy’s Law entries. i remain amazed that Schopenhauer in 1979 or earlier was able to perfectly define our current political condition (both parties).
From my “Murphy’s Law” desk calendar archives thanks to Aunt Evelyn, Uncle Pipey, and cousin Nancy:
Matz’s Maxim: A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
Goofy guy’s consideration of Matz’s Maxim: i must have come to a multitude of decisions lately according to Matz’s Maxim in that i spend a great deal of time being tired of thinking.