My Comments: Here is Murphy’s Laws Part Six, the last from my original list that I’m sharing. As mentioned before, the order in which they appear seems to have no rational explanation but appeared this way in the file I was given many years ago.

 -Klipstein’s Lament:   All warranty and guarantee clauses are voided by payment of the invoice.

 -Klipstein’s Observation:   Any product cut to length will be too short.

 -Sueker’s Note:   If you need n items of anything, you will have n – 1 in stock.   

 -Rosenfield’s Regret:   The most delicate component will be dropped.

 -de la Lastra’s Law:   After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has been removed.  

 -de la Lastra’s Corollary:   After an access cover has been secured by 16 hold-down screws, it will be discovered that the gasket has been omitted.

 -Design flaws travel in groups.  

 -You can’t fight the law of conservation of energy but you sure can bargain with it.

 -Gerrold’s Fundamental Truth:   It’s a good thing money can’t buy happiness. We couldn’t stand the commercials.

 -Gerrold’s Law:   A little ignorance can go a long way.  

 -Lyall’s Addendum:   … in the direction of maximum harm.

 -Gerrold’s Pronouncement:   The difference between a politician and a snail is that a snail leaves its slime behind.  

 -When a man laughs at his misfortunes, he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. – H. L. Mencken  

 -An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. – H. L. Mencken  

 -Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sure sign he expects to be paid for it. – H. L. Menchen  

 -Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard. – H.L. Menchen  

 -A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers. – H. L. Menchen  — 

 -Arcana Coelestica:   Archbishop – A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that obtained by Christ.

 -Puritanism – The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. – H. L. Menchen

 -Adultery is the application of democracy to love. – H. L. Menchen

 -The Arithmetic of Cooperation:   When you’re adding up committees there’s a useful rule of thumb:   that talents make a difference, and follies make a sum. – Piet Hein

 -The Ultimate Wisdom   Philosophers must ultimately find their true perfection in knowing all the follies of mankind by introspection. – Piet Hein

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 1. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are.

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 2. No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.   

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 3. Friendly fire ain’t.

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 4. The most dangerous thing in the combat zone is an officer with a map.

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 5. The problem with taking the easy way out is that the enemy has already mined it.

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 6. The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at.

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 7. The further you are in advance of your own positions, the more likely your artillery will shoot short.

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 8. Incoming fire has the right of way.

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 9. If your advance is going well, you are walking into an ambush.

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 10. The quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too small.

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 11. If you really need an officer in a hurry, take a nap.  – 

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 12. The only time suppressive fire works is when it is used on abandoned positions.

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 13. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 14. There is nothing more satisfying that having someone take a shot at you, and miss.

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 15. Don’t be conspicuous. In the combat zone, it draws fire. Out of the combat zone, it draws sergeants.

 -Murphy’s Military Laws: 16. If your sergeant can see you, so can the enemy. 

 -Conrad’s Conundrum: Technology don’t transfer.

 -Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. – Herbert Hoover