Murphy's Household Laws

1. A child's eagerness to assist in any project varies in inverse proportion to his/her ability to actually do the work involved.
   
   
2. Leftovers always expand to fill all available containers plus one.
   
   
3. A newly washed window gathers dirt at twice the speed of an unwashed one.
   
   
4. The availability of a ballpoint pen is inversely proportional to how badly it is needed.
   
   
5. Garage clutter expands. The same clutter that will fill a one-car garage will, if you move, fill a two-car garage.
   
   
6. Three children plus two cookies equals a fight.
   
   
7. The potential for disaster is in direct proportion to the number of TV remote-controls divided by the number of viewers.
   
   
8. The number of doors left open varies inversely with the outside temperature.
   
   
9. The capacity of any water-heater is equal to 1-1/2 sibling showers.
   
   
10. The laws of physics dictate that what goes up must come down, except bubble gum and slightly used cereal.
    

[ Author Unknown -- from Thomas S. Ellsworth ]