Funny Words of Wisdom
Funny Words of Wisdom ========================= To spot the expert, pick the one who predicts the job will take the longest and cost the most. The other line always moves faster. Never play leapfrog with a unicorn. If you're feeling good, don't worry, you'll get over it. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost. Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate. If you try to please everybody, nobody will like it. A short cut is the longest distance between two points. The chance of a piece of bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet. Anything you try to fix will take longer and cost more than you thought. Murphy Was an Optimist........ When a broken appliance is demonstrated for the repairman, it will work perfectly. Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work. When in doubt, mumble. When in trouble, delegate. Nature always sides with the hidden flaw. If everything seems to be going well, you obviously don't know what the heck is going on. You will always find something in the last place you look. No matter how long or hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will be on sale somewhere cheaper. Leakproof seals - will. There is always one more bug. In order to get a loan, you must first prove you don't need it. If you fool around with a thing for very long, you will screw it up. If if jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth. Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it. You will remember that you forgot to take out the trash when the garbage truck is two doors away. Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening. Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it, and he'll have to touch it to be sure. The first myth of management is that it exists. New systems generate new problems. Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss putting in an honest day's work. The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the fabricator and impossible for the serviceman. After all is said and done, a heck of a lot more is said than done. A bird in hand is safer than one overhead. The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of an oncoming train. A Smith & Wesson beats four aces. If more than one person is responsible for a miscalculation, no one will be at fault. Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference. Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the track. Whenever a system becomes completely defined, some damn fool discovers something which either abolishes the system or expands it beyond recognition. A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works. Computers are unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable. Any system which depends on human reliability is unreliable. Under the most rigorously controlled conditions of pressure, temperature, volume, humidity, and other variables the organism will do as it damn well pleases. The only perfect science is hind-sight. When all else fails, read the instructions. Any simple theory will be worded in the most complicated way. The degree of technical competence is inversely proportional to the level of management. Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence. Technology is dominated by those who manage what they do not understand. The opulence of the front office decor varies inversely with the fundamental solvency of the firm. Nothing ever gets built on schedule. A failure will not appear till a unit has passed final inspection.
How To Annoy People In An Elevator
How To Annoy People In An Elevator ===================================== Meow or bark occasionally.Push the buttons & pretend they give you a shock. Smile & go back for more.Greet everyone who comes in the elevator with a big handshake.Walk on with a cooler that says "human head" on the side.Give a play-by-play account of a person's every action.Recite poetry to everyone you meet.Lean against the button panel.Get two cell phones and talk to yourself on them.Scream the floor number as you pass it.Floss your teethBring a portable DVD player and watch your favorite movie with the volume on highStare at another passenger for a while, then announce "You're one of THEM!" and move to the far corner of the elevator.Announce in a demonic voice: "I must find a more suitable host body."Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your "astronaut training."Start a sing-a-long.Listen to the elevator walls with a stethoscope.Drop a bag of groceries and look around like it was the other peoples fault.Frown and mutter "gotta go, gotta go" then sigh and say "oops!"Hold the doors open and say you are waiting for a friend. After awhile, let the doors close and say "Hey Greg, How's your day been?"Inform everyone you meet of your personal Kennedy assassination, UFO, and OJ Simpson conspiracy theories.When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open, then act embarrassed when they open by themselves.Blow your nose and offer to show the contents of your tissue to other passengers.Grab a pillow and attempt to fall asleepMake race car noises when anyone gets on or off.Wear a puppet on your hand and use it to talk to other people.Shadow box.Stand really close to someone and sniff them occasionally.Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.Face the corner and don’t moveDemand that everyone address you as "Conquistador."Call a girl a dude.Stand silent and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without getting off.If anyone brushes against you, recoil and holler "Bad touch!"Call out, "Group Hug!" & then enforce it.Whenever someone steps in the elevator in a deep voice say, "GET OUT!"Bring a camera & take pictures of everyone on the elevator.Sing the 99 bottles of beer song.Pretend you are selling something in an infomercial.Ask if you can push the button for the other people and push the wrong ones.When the doors close, announce to the others, "It's ok! Don't panic, they will open again!"Swat at flies that aren't there.Inform others that they exist only in your imagination.Break dance to elevator music.Have a fake obnoxious cell phone conversationPretend you're invisibleLay out a small blanket and some food to have a picnicMurmur and/or talk to yourselfDraw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers that this is your "personal space."Holler "Chutes away!" whenever the elevator descends.Take a bite of a sandwich and ask another passenger: "Wanna see wha in muh mouf?"One word: Flatulence!Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.Play the harmonica.When the elevator dings, scream.Stare at your thumb and say, "I think it is getting larger!"Stare, grinning, at another passenger for a while, and then announce: "I've got new socks on!"Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside ask: "Got enough air in there?"Pick your ear wax.Scratch your head excessivelyWalk on making dinosaur noises and nudge people with your nose.Say “ding” every time you reach a new floorPut powdered sugar in your hair and scratch your head a lot.Insist completely ridiculous things are true - like Bush is still President.Sell Girl Scout cookies.Leave a box between the doors.Walk around with a plastic sword and shield and tell strangers "I must avenge the death of my father."Pull your gum out of your mouth in long strings.Wear "X-Ray Specs" and leer suggestively at other passengers.Drop and pen & wait until someone goes to pick it up and then scream "NOOO THAT'S MINE!"Repeat the following conversation a dozen times: "Do you hear that?", "What?", "Never mind, it's gone now."Tie bells to all your clothes.Sing really off pitch to a popular song.Set up a chair and desk in the elevator, and whenever anyone gets on, say, "Hello! Welcome to my office. Do you have an appointment?"Sway from side to side the whole ride.Gasp, look and point up. See how many people look.Blow spit-bubbles.Ask each passenger getting on if you can push the button for them.Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead and muttering "Shut-Up, all of you, just shut up!"Rock back and forth while sucking on your thumbFake cough/sneeze uncontrollablyCall McDonald's and try to make a reservation for that evening.Burp, and then say "mmmm...tasty!"Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.Bring a Twister mat and ask if people want to play.When you get to your floor try and open the doors yourself and act embarrassed when they open by themselves.Call the Psychic Hotline from your cell phone and ask if they know what floor you are on.Bring a chair along.Ask people what gender they are.Moan "Oh no! Not now! Damn motion sickness!"Whistle the first seven notes of "It's a Small World" over and over again.Insist to a stranger that you're relatedOffer name tags to everyone getting on the elevator. Wear yours upside-down.Drum on every available surface.Act drunk.Do Tai Chi exercises.