Murphy's College Student Laws

Murphy's College Student Laws

  • You just finished the paper that counts as your final five minutes before class, only to discover the printer is out of ink. Sent by John Hofstra.
  • No matter what the problem is, alcohol will always solve it. Sent by John Hofstra.
  • Pizza makes a complete meal, hot or cold. Sent by John Hofstra.
  • Dining dollars are always scarce. Sent by John Hofstra.
  • Your parents never call you on your cell phone when you're at a party. Sent by John Hofstra.
  • Whenever you have beer in your room, your RA decides it's the perfect time to make surprise inspections. Sent by John Hofstra.
  • The professor never sticks to the syllabus. Sent by John Hofstra.
  • One college student in a hot rod car has half a brain; two have no brain. Sent by Wildmoongurl69@aol.com
  • The harder you study, the farther behind you get. Knowing mathematics and teaching mathematics are not equivalent. Sent by Eppeguy@aol.com, he got these laws from a math teacher.
  • What is "obvious" to everyone else won't be to you. Sent by Eppeguy@aol.com, he got these laws from a math teacher.
  • Notes written in class are hieroglyphics at home. Sent by Eppeguy@aol.com, he got these laws from a math teacher.
  • Problems that you can work on won't be on the test. Sent by Eppeguy@aol.com, he got these laws from a math teacher.
  • Corollary: Problems you can't work on will be on the test. Sent by Eppeguy@aol.com, he got these laws from a math teacher.
  • Any simple idea will be denoted using three different symbols. Sent by Eppeguy@aol.com, he got these laws from a math teacher.
  • Community College credo: Fix anything with duct tape, eat only ramen, and drink only caffeine. Sent by Eppeguy@aol.com, he got these laws from a math teacher.
  • If you study hard for that important examination, the setters may decide to change their focus to 'thinking-based' and 'analytical'.
  • Corollary: If you memorize information, it will be useless.
  • The paper will be content-based if you don't study for that important examination.
  • Corollary: If you don't study, every question will appear to be something you remember reading in your textbooks from a month ago, hence will appear, deceptively, of course, easy, although you will not recall the exact phrasing of an answer. Sent by Winnie Choo.
  • If you provide information without citing the source, the information provided is wrong. Sent by Kevin Zuhn.
  • If you cite a source for information, it came from somebody else. Sent by Kevin Zuhn.
  • If you didn't cite something, that was the one thing your professor wanted you to cite. Sent by Kevin Zuhn.