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Adages (some tongue in cheek)  (By GenghisTheHun (167) on 07/23/2005)

An adage is a short, but memorable saying, which holds some important fact of experience that is considered true by many people, or it has gained some credibility through its long use. I enclose some modern adages that are passing as "laws." Please discuss and rate them and give your suggestions. 5 = great
 
 
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Sherlock Holmes' Law - After eliminating the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, is the truth (3)  5.00 (5)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
KISS principle: Keep it simple stupid! (8)  4.80 (10)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Benford's law of controversy: Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available. (5)  4.67 (6)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Arthur C. Clarke's second law: The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. (3)  4.60 (5)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
First Law of Holes: Stop digging. (4)  4.60 (5)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Ugol's law: If you ever ask "am I the only one who has this kink?" the answer is invariably "no". (3)  4.50 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Reilly's law : People generally patronize the largest mall in the area. (1)  4.50 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
genghis the hun's second law of RIA: Idiocy advances as the hour grows late! (7)  4.38 (8)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Finagle's law: Anything that can go wrong, will. (2)  4.33 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Law of accumulation: Everything great and worthwhile in human life is an accumulation of hundreds and sometimes thousands of tiny efforts and sacrifices that nobody ever sees or appreciates. (1)  4.33 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Parkinson's law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. (2)  4.33 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
TANSTAAFL: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. (2)  4.33 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Peter principle: In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. (2)  4.25 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Skitt's law: Spelling or grammar flames always contain spelling or grammar errors (3)  4.25 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Murphy's law: If anything can go wrong, it will. (7)  4.20 (10)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Amara's law: We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run. (3)  4.17 (6)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
genghis the hun's first law of RIA: Keep at it long enough and you are going seriously to p*ss someone off! (7)  4.11 (9)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Ralph's observation - It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize that you are in a hurry. (2)  4.00 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
First Law of Infernal Dynamics: An object in motion will be moving in the wrong direction. (1)  4.00 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Second Law of Infernal Dynamics: An object at rest will be in the wrong place. (1)  4.00 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Dilbert Principle: In a company, the most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management. (1)  4.00 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Arthur C. Clarke's first law: When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. (0)  4.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Law of conservation of misery: Misery is never created or destroyed, just transformed. (0)  4.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Third law of infernal dynamics: The energy required to move an object in the correct direction, or put it in the right place, will be more than you wish to expend but not so much as to make the task impossible. (0)  4.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Arthur C. Clarke's third law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. (3)  3.75 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
First Law of Successfull Bar Pickups: Go ugly early to avoid the rush! (3)  3.75 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. (1)  3.67 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Law of Unintended Consequences holds that almost all human actions have at least one unintended consequence. (1)  3.67 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Second Law of Holes: Don't jump into one you've dug! (2)  3.67 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Godwin's law: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. (2)  3.33 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Shukla's law - Ninety-eight percent of the people in the world are idiots. (2)  3.25 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Sturgeon's law: Ninety percent of everything is crud. (4)  3.00 (5)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Occam's razor - Explanations should never multiply causes without necessity. When two explanations are offered for a phenomenon, the simplest full explanation is preferable. (3)  3.00 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Okrent's law: The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true. (0)  3.00 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Harshaw's Law - Daughters can use up to ten percent more money than a man can make in any normal occupation, regardless of the amount. (0)  2.50 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
SSDD: Same sh*t, different day (1)  2.50 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
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