After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.
–Lorenz’s Law of Mechanical Repair
Identical parts aren’t.
–Beach’s Law
Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
–Anthony’s Law of the Workshop
Nothing is as inevitable as a mistake whose time has come.
— Tussman’s Law
If it jams, forces it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
–Lowery’s Law
The solution to a problem changes the problem.
–Peer’s Law
There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be solved by brute
strength and ignorance.
–William’s Law
Machines should work. People should think.
–IBM’s Pollyanna Principle
The most ineffective workers shall be moved systematically to the place where
they can do the least damage.
–The Dilbert Principle
The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.
–Ehrlich’s Law
It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize that you are in a
hurry.
–Ralph’s Observation
If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the
next morning you will have a flat tire.
— Cannon’s Comment
The newer the carpet the greater the likelihood that the bread will land jelly
side down.
— Law of inevitable consequences.