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All About Murphy's Laws

Murphy's original law has given rise to a large number of similar statements. These funny, tongue-in-cheek, and cynical statements are a commentary on everyday events. This page presents you links to the best Murphy's Laws.
Top 10 Murphy's Laws
Sometimes life presents ironical situations that defy explanation. Murphy's Laws attempt to explain these crazy situations. Did you ever wonder why so many things go wrong, all the time? Read this top 10 list of Murphy's Laws to get an idea.
My Favorite Murphy's Laws
Are you searching for a select list of Murphy's Laws? This is the site you must visit. It lists twenty of the most "potent" Murphy's Laws. The About guide to Quotations has scoured the Internet to bring you this collection.
The Origin of Murphy's Law
Was there really a guy named Murphy who uttered the famous words "If anything can go wrong, it will"? Visit this site to discover the origins of Murphy's law. Learn about the controversy that surrounds its origin. Also find links to Murphy's laws from various professions.
Murphy's Laws on Sins and Vices
What better topic to have Murphy's laws on than "Sins and Vices"? Here is a quotation to give you an idea of what this site has in store for you: "Clark's First Law of Relativity: Don't try it: you cannot drink enough of your in-laws' booze to get even before your liver fails."
Murphy's Laws and its Corollaries
This is an interesting site dedicated to observations, commentaries and corollaries on Murphy's laws. Right from the cynical "Murphy was an optimist" to the pessimistic "In nature, nothing is ever right. Therefore, if everything is going right... something is wrong."
Very Large Collection of Murphy's Laws
This is a really long page - over 150 screens long. If you like reading Murphy's laws, you will enjoy this long list of other laws listed alphabetically. Here is one: "Liebling's Law: If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior."

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