September 2009
28 posts
Godin’s Law →
Godin’s Law
Generalizedness of incompetence is directly proportional to highestness in hierarchy.
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Fourth Law of Thermodynamics →
Fourth Law of Thermodynamics
If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.
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Fourth Law of Revision →
Fourth Law of Revision
After painstaking and careful analysis of a sample, you are always told that it is the wrong sample and doesn’t apply to the problem.
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Fowler’s Note →
Fowler’s Note
The only imperfect thing in nature is the human race.
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Fowler’s Law →
Fowler’s Law
In a bureaucracy, accomplishment is inversely proportional to the volume of paper used.
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Foster’s Law →
Foster’s Law
If you cover a congressional committee on a regular basis, they will report the bill on your day off.
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Fortis’s Three Great Lies of Life →
Fortis’s Three Great Lies of Life
I promise I won’t come in your mouth.
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Fortis’s Three Great Lies of Life →
Fortis’s Three Great Lies of Life
Anticipation is half the fun.
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Fortis’s Three Great Lies of Life →
Fortis’s Three Great Lies of Life
The check’s in the mail.
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Fortis’s Three Great Lies of Life →
Fortis’s Three Great Lies of Life
Three Lies According to Playboy:
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Fortis’s Three Great Lies of Life →
Fortis’s Three Great Lies of Life
I’m only going to put it in a little way.
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Fortis’s Three Great Lies of Life →
Fortis’s Three Great Lies of Life
Money isn’t everything.
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Fortis’s Three Great Lies of Life →
Fortis’s Three Great Lies of Life
It’s great to be a Negro.
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Ford Pinto Rule →
Ford Pinto Rule
Never buy a car that has a wick.
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Forthoffer’s Cynical Summary of Barzun’s Laws →
Forthoffer’s Cynical Summary of Barzun’s Laws
If at first you don’t succeed, you will never succeed.
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Forthoffer’s Cynical Summary of Barzun’s Laws →
Forthoffer’s Cynical Summary of Barzun’s Laws
That which has not yet been taught directly can never be taught directly.
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Fourteenth Corollary of Atwood’s General Law of... →
Fourteenth Corollary of Atwood’s General Law of Dynamic Negatives
No books are lost by loaning except those you particularly wanted to keep.
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Dolly Parton’s Principle →
Dolly Parton’s Principle
The bigger they are, the harder it is to see your shoes.
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Dow’s Law →
Dow’s Law
In a hierarchical organization, the higher the level, the greater the confusion.
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Douglas’s Law of Practical Aeronautics →
Douglas’s Law of Practical Aeronautics
When the weight of the paperwork equals the weight of the plane, the plane will fly.
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Donsen’s Law →
Donsen’s Law
The specialist learns more and more about less and less until, finally, he knows everything about nothing; whereas the generalist learns less and less about more and more until,…
Courtois’s Rule →
Courtois’s Rule
If people listened to themselves more often, they’d talk less.
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Donohue’s Law →
Donohue’s Law
Anything worth doing is worth doing for money.
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Corry’s Law →
Corry’s Law
Paper is always strongest at the perforations.
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Cornuelle’s Law →
Cornuelle’s Law
Authority tends to assign jobs to those least able to do them.
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Corcoroni’s Laws of Bus Transportation →
Corcoroni’s Laws of Bus Transportation
Any bus that can be the wrong bus will be the wrong bus. All others are out of service or full.
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Corcoroni’s Laws of Bus Transportation →
Corcoroni’s Laws of Bus Transportation
The last rush-hour express bus to your neighborhood leaves five minutes before you get off work.
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Corcoroni’s Laws of Bus Transportation →
Corcoroni’s Laws of Bus Transportation
Bus schedules are arranged so your bus will arrive at the transfer point precisely one minute after the connecting bus has left.
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August 2009
30 posts
Corcoroni’s Laws of Bus Transportation →
Corcoroni’s Laws of Bus Transportation
All buses heading in the opposite direction drive off the face of the earth and never return.
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Corcoroni’s Laws of Bus Transportation →
Corcoroni’s Laws of Bus Transportation
The amount of time you have to wait for a bus is directly proportional to the inclemency of the weather.
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Corcoroni’s Laws of Bus Transportation →
Corcoroni’s Laws of Bus Transportation
The bus that left the stop just before you got there is your bus.
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Cooper’s Law →
Cooper’s Law
All machines are amplifiers.
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Cooper’s Metalaw →
Cooper’s Metalaw
A proliferation of new laws creates a proliferation of new loopholes.
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Coolidge’s Immutable Observation →
Coolidge’s Immutable Observation
When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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Cook’s Law →
Cook’s Law
Much work, much food; little work, little food; no work, burial at sea.
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Cooke’s Law →
Cooke’s Law
In any decisive situation, the amount of relevant information available is inversely proportional to the importance of the decision.
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Conway’s Law #2 →
Conway’s Law #2
In every organization there will always be one person who knows what is going on. This person must be fired.
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Considine’s Law →
Considine’s Law
Whenever one word or letter can change the entire meaning of a sentence, the probability of an error being made will be in direct proportion to the embarrassment it will cause.
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Conway’s Law #1 →
Conway’s Law #1
If you assign N persons to write a compiler you’ll get a N-1 pass compiler.
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Conrad’s Conundrum →
Conrad’s Conundrum
Technologie don’t transfer.
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Connolly’s Rule for Political Incumbents →
Connolly’s Rule for Political Incumbents
Short-term success with voters on any side of a given issue can be guaranteed by creating a long-term special study commission made up of at least three…
Connolly’s Law of Cost Control →
Connolly’s Law of Cost Control
The price of any product produced for a government agency will be not less than the square of the initial Firm Fixed-Price Contract.
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Commoner’s Three Laws of Ecology →
Commoner’s Three Laws of Ecology
There is no free lunch.
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Commoner’s Three Laws of Ecology →
Commoner’s Three Laws of Ecology
Nothing ever goes away.
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Committee Rules →
Committee Rules
Be the first to move for adjournment; this will make you popular — it’s what everyone is waiting for.
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Committee Rules →
Committee Rules
When in doubt, suggest that a subcommittee be appointed.
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Committee Rules →
Committee Rules
Be as vague as possible; this prevents irritating the others.
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Committee Rules →
Committee Rules
Don’t say anything until the meeting is half over; this stamps you as being wise.
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Comins’s Law →
Comins’s Law
People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.
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Committee Rules →
Committee Rules
Never arrive on time, or you will be stamped a beginner.
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