Corollary to Murphy's Law: Anything that you don't proactively prevent from going wrong, will.
At the 1980 Republican National Convention, on the night before Ronald Reagan selected George H.W. Bush as his running mate, I heard a TV news reporter make the following statement: "We don't know whom Reagan will selected, but we do know whom he will not select: Bush."
No one ever needs to tell me to get lost. I do that on a regular basis already!
An gentleman is late 70's was running for his eighth consecutive term as mayor in a small Midwest town. His opponent tried to use the mayor's age against him with the following criticism: "The old gray mayor just ain't what he used to be."
A Major League Baseball manager is usually fired shortly after getting a vote of confidence from the team owner(s).
When a politician says "I'm not giving up" on election night, that's usually a signal that his/her concession speech will follow shortly thereafter.
Those who are unwilling to cut back on their gasoline consumption should point the finger squarely at themselves any time they feel the urge to complain about gouging.
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