{"id":8005,"date":"2018-03-05T09:07:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T14:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=8005"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:23:10","slug":"other-laws-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/other-laws-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Murphy&#8217;s Other Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Murphy has many other laws.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Murphy has many laws in many different categories, including laws that fall into the category \u201cother laws\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that Murphy\u2019s original law was written to encourage his coworkers to be proactive, to prevent problems. It was not intended to be pessimistic as many people interpret it, but forward thinking and positive instead.<\/p>\n<h4>Murphy&#8217;s other laws<\/h4>\n<h4>These other laws concern the human race.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Some people appear bright until you hear them speak, because light travels faster than sound.<\/li>\n<li>Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.<\/li>\n<li>If you line up all the cars in the world end-to-end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them.<\/li>\n<li>When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands<br \/>\nof twelve people who weren&#8217;t smart enough to get out of jury duty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>And these other laws about life in general.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A &#8220;fine&#8221; is a tax for doing wrong, and a\u00a0 &#8220;tax&#8221; is a fine for doing well.<\/li>\n<li>Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.<\/li>\n<li>The 50-50-90 rule:\u00a0 Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting<br \/>\nsomething right, there&#8217;s a 90% probability you&#8217;ll get it wrong.<\/li>\n<li>Things that come to those who wait may be the things left<br \/>\nby those who got there first.<\/li>\n<li>God gave you toes as a device for finding furniture in the dark.<\/li>\n<li>If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.<\/li>\n<li>A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Please use Murphy&#8217;s other laws to think ahead and prevent problems.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Let the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging words<\/a>\u00a0in these\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a>\u00a0posts help you<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">soar like an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a>\u00a0above life\u2019s storms.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is the worst bad option?<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/laws-for-facebook-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\">Facebook users: Be aware of Facebook laws.<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/murphys-law-life-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\">Have you ever heard of Air Force Captain Edward A. Murphy.<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Letting of past unmet expectations enables you to succeed.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">If you enjoyed this post, remember that BJ writes\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/children\" data-slimstat=\"5\">children\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">books<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/children\" data-slimstat=\"5\">children\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u>common core\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">is available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\" slimstat=\"5\">Amazon.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Barnesandnoble.com.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Buy BJ\u2019s\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">for a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/child\" slimstat=\"5\">child<\/a>\u00a0you care about today!<\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Please use Murphy&#8217;s other laws to think ahead and prevent problems.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Let the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging words<\/a>\u00a0in these\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a>\u00a0posts help you<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">soar like an\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a>\u00a0above life\u2019s storms.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">What is the worst bad option?<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/laws-for-facebook-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\">Facebook users: Be aware of Facebook laws.<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/murphys-law-life-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\">Have you ever heard of Air Force Captain Edward A. Murphy.<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Letting of past unmet expectations enables you to succeed.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">If you enjoyed this post, remember that BJ writes\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/children\" data-slimstat=\"5\">children\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">books<\/a>.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Her\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging<\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/children\" data-slimstat=\"5\">children\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><u><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u>common core\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">is available on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\" slimstat=\"5\">Amazon.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Barnesandnoble.com.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Buy BJ\u2019s\u00a0<u><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging\u00a0<\/a><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle\u00a0<\/a><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">for a\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/child\" slimstat=\"5\">child<\/a>\u00a0you care about today!<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murphy has many other laws. Murphy has many laws in many different categories, including laws that fall into the category \u201cother laws\u201d. Remember that Murphy\u2019s original law was written to encourage his coworkers to be proactive, to prevent problems. It <a href=\"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/other-laws-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,133],"tags":[77,1271,1269,1328,1334,1270,1329,1337,1332,1321,12,1331,1330,1320,1273,1322,1302,1274,1323,1325,1326,1324,19,1275,1319,1318,716,1327,1336,1335,1268,1538,1539,1333,297,1299],"class_list":["post-8005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-successful-bj-rae","tag-bj-rae","tag-books-for-children","tag-books-for-kids","tag-child-eagle-reading-book","tag-childrens-book","tag-childrens-books","tag-childrens-eagle-reading-book","tag-childrens-reading-book","tag-common-core-reading-book","tag-core-reading-book","tag-eagle","tag-eagle-book-for-child","tag-eagle-child-book","tag-eagle-children-book","tag-eagle-childrens-book","tag-eagle-core-reading-book","tag-eagle-kid-book","tag-eagle-kids-book","tag-eagle-reading-book","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-child","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-children","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-kids","tag-encouragement","tag-encouraging","tag-encouraging-childrens-book","tag-encouraging-kids-book","tag-encouraging-words","tag-kid-eagle-reading-book","tag-kid-reading-book","tag-kids-book","tag-kids-books","tag-murphys-law","tag-murphys-other-laws","tag-reading-book","tag-soar-like-an-eagle","tag-words-of-encouragement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8005"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21177,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8005\/revisions\/21177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}