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Success and Failure

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tiny.ag/oic7hxlc  ·  submitted 1997

After an instrument has been assembled, extra components will be found on the bench.

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tiny.ag/lv1mbo3c  ·  submitted 1997

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.

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tiny.ag/znt3vhbp  ·  submitted 1997

DeVries' Dilemma: If you hit two keys on the typewriter, the one you don't want hits the paper.

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tiny.ag/dm6wz1hm  ·  submitted 1997

By doing just a little every day, you can gradually let the task completely overwhelm you.

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tiny.ag/zmis8rln  ·  submitted 1997

Bradley's Bromide: If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee -- that will do them in.

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tiny.ag/tcqireyb  ·  submitted 1997

Boren's Laws: (1) When in charge, ponder. (2) When in trouble, delegate. (3) When in doubt, mumble.

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tiny.ag/odgzoipj  ·  submitted 1997

Boob's Law: You always find something in the last place you look.

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tiny.ag/kbikw1yt  ·  submitted 1997

Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.

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tiny.ag/lmtj5cfu  ·  submitted 1997

Blessed are those who expect nothing... for they will not be disappointed.

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tiny.ag/avqob1zr  ·  submitted 1997

Blessed are the meek for they shall inhibit the earth.

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tiny.ag/mximzhqd  ·  submitted 1997

Anyone who uses the phrase "easy as taking candy from a baby" has never tried taking candy from a baby.

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tiny.ag/9unwygui  ·  submitted 1997

Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog.

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tiny.ag/qyrspbdi  ·  submitted 1997

Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

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tiny.ag/frlb4xpk  ·  submitted 1997

Any small object that is accidentally dropped will hide under a larger object.

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tiny.ag/nz2qcagl  ·  submitted 1997

Cheer up! Things are getting worse at a slower rate.

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tiny.ag/7a4ntqxo  ·  submitted 1997

Cox's Philosophy: Life's a bitch, and then you die.

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tiny.ag/qxbfoafe  ·  submitted 1997

Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are?

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tiny.ag/jh8e0mpv  ·  submitted 1997

Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who decided to stand their ground.

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tiny.ag/o9rrnhjx  ·  submitted 1997

Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll into the least accessible corner of the workshop.

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tiny.ag/k4nebyuf  ·  submitted 1999 by Austin Holmes

Even if you aren't making money at your job, but doing something you love to do, you are a true success.

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