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Murphy's Law and Other Reasons Why Things Go Wrong: Bk. 2

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This book is legendary. With humor and wit it explains in "layman's terms" the laws which govern the mishaps and mayhem in our lives! For example, did you know that the probability of a piece of toast falling butter side DOWN onto the floor is in direct proportion to the value of the rug which it lands on? The "laws" are too funny and all too true. You'll find yourself quoting from this book!

Murphy's Law is commonly cited as "Anything that can go wrong, will." Most people are familiar with this saying, at least to the point of recognizing it if you quote it.

What you may not realize that this simple law is only the tip of the Murphological philosophy. From this seemingly humble beginning has sprung a host of corollaries, postulates, and theories that encompass the Murphy way of life.

In "Murphy's Law and Other Reasons Why Things Go Wrong", author Arthur Bloch painstakingly documents the numerous versions of the law and its axioms, and breaks them down into easy-to-reference sections suitable for all occasions. No matter what your line of work and no matter how FUBAR your project has become, there is a Murphyism to explain how it got that way.

This invaluable reference belongs on every manager's bookshelf.

Again I bought this for my father. He loves a giggle and an easy read. This one was all of these things!

This little gem of a book is just too funny. Whenever things seem to be going wrong, and I think it is all about me ("why me? Oh why me?"), I pull this book out and go through just a little bit. Within minutes I'm laughing and my problems just don't seem so insurmountable. I've given this book as a way of an apology as well for mistakes made - it's the perfect apology!