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This is a recent conversion of an old IBM Mainframe application to the fortune datafile format. The "laws" were extracted from a S/370 Assembler program on a SHARE tape. The comments in the program: *---------------------------------------------------------------------* * 'MURPHY' THE OLE PHILOSOPHER 18 AUGUST 1988 * * * * MURPHY WAS FOUND ON A JES2 TAPE OF ALL PLACES WITH ABOUT * * 500 OR SO SAYINGS. GOT ANOTHER 250 FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE * * AND HAVE ADDED ABOUT 100 OR SO MYSELF. * * * [list of changes omitted] * * * JIM MARSHALL, CAPT, USAF * * (301) 688-6829 * * * *---------------------------------------------------------------------* Fortunes that a sufficiently twisted mind could perceive as offensive have been moved to murphy-o. Thanks to the submitter for reviewing these fortunes. The copyright issues were considered before approval. PR: misc/8519 Submitted by: Cy Schubert (misc/8519) Approved by: The Fortune Teller
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.
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When you're up to your nose in shit,
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be sure to keep your mouth shut.
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One's life tends to be like a beaver's,
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one dam thing after another.
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Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.
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Old Scottish prayer: O Lord, grant that we may always be
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right, for thou knowest we will never change our minds.
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All probabilities are 50%: either a thing will
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happen or it won't.
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This is especially true when dealing with women.
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Likelihoods, however, are 90% against you.
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Sow your wild oats on Saturday night - then on
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Sunday pray for crop failure.
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Early to rise and early to bed makes a male
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healthy and wealthy and dead.
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