F         Peer's Law:
F        C  The solution to the problem changes the problem.
F         de la Lastra's Law:
F        C  After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed
F        C  from an access cover, it will be discovered that the wrong
F        C  access cover has been removed.
F         de la Lastra's Corollary:
F        C  After an access cover has been secured by 16 hold-down
F        C  screws, it will be discovered that the gasket has been
F        C  omitted.
F         Design flaws travel in groups.
F         You can't fight the law of conservation of energy
F        C  but you sure can bargain with it.
F         Gerrold's Fundamental Truth:
F        C  It's a good thing money can't buy happiness.
F        C  We couldn't stand the commercials.
F         Gerrold's Law:
F        C  A little ignorance can go a long way.
F        CLyall's Addendum:
F        C  ... in the direction of maximum harm.
F         Gerrold's Pronouncement:
F        C  The difference between a politician and a snail is
F        C  that a snail leaves its slime behind.
F         When a man laughs at his misfortunes, he loses a great many
F        C  friends.  They never forgive the loss of their perogative.
F        C               H. L. Mencken
F         An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better
F        C  than cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
F        C               H. L. Mencken
F         Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country,
F        C  it is a sure sign he expects to be paid for it.
F        C               H. L. Menchen
F         Democracy is the theory that the common people know what
F        C  they want and deserve to get it good and hard.
F        C               H.L. Menchen
F         A judge is a law student who marks his own exam papers.
F        C               H. L. Menchen
F         Arcana Coelestica:
F        C  Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior
F        C    to that obtained by Christ.
F         Puritanism - The haunting fear that someone, somewhere,
F        C  may be happy.
F        C               H. L. Menchen
F         Adultary is the application of democracy to love.
F        C               H. L. Menchen
F         The Arithmetic of Cooperation:
F        C  When you're adding up committees
F        C  there's a useful rule of thumb:
F        C  that talents make a difference,
F        C  and follies make a sum.
F        C               Piet Hein
F         The Ultimate Wisdom
F        C  Philosophers must ultimately find their true perfection
F        C  in knowing all the follies of mankind by introspection.
F        C               Piet Hein
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C1. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are.
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C2. No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C3. Friendly fire ain't.
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C4. The most dangerous thing in the combat zone
F        C   is an officer with a map.
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C5. The problem with taking the easy way out is
F        C   that the enemy has already mined it.
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C6. The buddy system is essential to your survival;
F        C   it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at.
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C7. The further you are in advance of your own positions,
F        C   the more likely your artillery will shoot short.
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C8. Incoming fire has the right of way.
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C9. If your advance is going well, you are walking into an
F        C   ambush.
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C10. The quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too
F        C    small.
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C11. If you really need an officer in a hurry, take a nap.
F         Murphy's Miltary Laws:
F        C12. The only time suppressive fire works is when it is used
F        C    on abandoned positions.
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C13. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire
F        C    is incoming friendly fire.
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C14. There is nothing more satisfying that having someone
F        C    take a shot at you, and miss.
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C15. Don't be conspicuous. In the combat zone, it draws
F        C    fire.  Out of the combat zone, it draws sergeants.
F         Murphy's Military Laws:
F        C16. If your sergeant can see you, so can the enemy.
F         Conrad's Conundrum:
F        C  Technology don't transfer.
F         Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit
F        C  the national debt.
F        C               Herbert Hoover
