Murphy's First Law: Nothing is as easy as it looks.
Murphy's Second Law: Everything takes longer than you think.
Murphy's Third Law: In any field of scientific endeavor, anything
that can go wrong will go wrong
Murphy's Fourth Law: If there is a possibility of several things
going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to
go wrong
Murphy's Fifth Law: If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway
Murphy's Sixth Law: If you perceive that there are four
possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong and circumvent
these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop
Murphy's Seventh Law: Left to themselves, things tend to go
from bad to worse
Murphy's Eighth Law: If everything seems to be going well, you
have obviously overlooked something
Murphy's Ninth Law: Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
Murphy's Tenth Law: Mother Nature is a bitch.
Murphy's Eleventh Law: It is impossible to make anything
foolproof, because fools are so ingenious
Schmidt's Observation: All things being equal, a fat person
uses more soap than a thin person
Nick the Greek's Law of Life: All things considered, life is 9
to 5 against.
Nowlan's Theory: He who hesitates is not only lost, but
several miles from the next freeway exit
Van Roy's Law: Honesty is the best policy - there's less
competition
Van Roy's Truism: Life is a whole series of circumstances
beyond your control
Agnes' Law: Almost everything in life is easier to get into
than out of
Clarke's Conclusion: Never let your sense of morals interfere
with doing the right thing
Goda's Truism: By the time you get to the point where you can
make ends meet, somebody moves the ends
Johnny Carson's Definition: The smallest interval of time known to
man is that which occurs in Manhattan between the traffic signal turning
green and the taxi driver behind you blowing his horn
Zall's Laws: (1) Any time you get a mouthful of hot soup, the
next thing you do will be wrong (2) How long a minute is depends
on which side of the bathroom door you're on
Ettore's Observation: The other line moves faster.
Griffin's Thought: When you starve with a tiger, the tiger
starves last
Manly's Maxim: Logic is a systematic method of coming to the
wrong conclusion with confidence
Cann's Axiom: When all else fails, read the instructions.
Knebel's Law: It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is
one of the leading causes of statistics
The Law of Selective Gravity, or the Buttered-Side Down Law:
An object will fall so as to do the most damage
William's Law: There is no mechanical problem so difficult
that it cannot be solved by brute strength and ignorance
Vocabulary Help
law: lei
perceive: perceber
procedure: procedimento
wrong: errado
go wrong: dar errado
cliff: penhasco
circumvent: evitar
bad to worse: mal para pior
overlooked: esquecer, não levar em consideração
hidden: escondido
flaw: falha, defeito
law: lei
take longer: leva mais tempo
wrong: errado
damage: dano
foolproof: a prova de idiotas
ingenious: engenhosos
fat: gordo
soap: sabão
thin: magro
lost: perdido
freeway exit: saída da estrada
policy: política
beyond: além
traffic signal: sinal de trânsito
blowing the horn: tocar a buzina
mouthful: boca cheia,
hot soup: sopa quente,
wrong: errado,
bathroom: banheiro,
door: porta,
starve: passar fome,
confidence: confiança,
smoking: fumar,
leading: principais,
buttered side down: lado com a manteiga para baixo,
