[Header] Format= ML Description= Observations Default1=x Default2=x [Data] Shaw's Principle: Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. Law of the Perversity of Nature: You cannot successfully determine beforehand which side of the bread to butter. Law of Selective Gravity: An object will fall so as to do the most damage. Sattinger's Law: It works better if you plug it in. Lowery's Law: If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. Anthony's Law of Force: Don't force it - get a bigger hammer. Cahn's Axiom: When all else fails, read the instructions. Law of Research: Enough research will tend to support your theory. Maier's Law: If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of. Peer's Law: The solution to the problem only changes the problem. Wyszowski's Law: No experiment is reproducible. Brooke's Law: Whenever a system becomes completely defined, some damn fool discovers something which either abolishes the system or expands it beyond recognition. The first Myth of Management: It exists. Zymurgy's Law of Volunteer Labor: People are always available for work in the past tense. Segal's Law: A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. Weiler's Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who does not have to do it himself. Katz's Law: Men and women will act rationally when all other possibilities have been exhausted. Jone's Motto: Friends come and go but enemies accumulate. The ultimate Law: All general statements are false. The First Law of Wing Walking: Never let hold of what you've got until you've got hold of something else. Lynch's Law: When the going gets tough, everybody leaves. Law of Revelation: The hidden flaw never remains hidden. Grossman's Misquote: Complex problems have simple, easy to understand wrong answers. Ducharme's Precept: Opportunity always knocks at the least opportune moment. Witten's Law: Whenever you cut your fingernails, you will find a need for them an hour later. Perkin's postulate: The bigger they are, the harder they hit. Harrison's Postulate: For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. Conway's Law: In every organization there will always be one person who knows what is going on. This person must be fired. Stewart's Law of Retroaction: It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. MacDonald's Second Law: Consultants are mystical people who ask a company for a number and give it back to them. First Law of Laboratory Work: Hot glass looks exactly the same as cold glass. The Sausage Principle: People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either one being made. Merkin's Maxim: When in doubt, predict that the present trend will continue. Lewis' Law: People will buy anything that's one to a customer. Shirley's Law: Most people deserve each other. Allen's Law: Almost anything is easier to get into than out of. Allen's Axiom: When all else fails, follow instructions.