diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/murphy b/games/fortune/datfiles/murphy
index 498348b05f91..871369d0a7b1 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/murphy
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/murphy
@@ -609,9 +609,6 @@ get a bigger hammer.
 When a broken appliance is demonstrated for the repairman,
 it will work perfectly.
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-Pity the poor egg;
-It only gets laid once in its life.
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 An optimist is a person who looks forward to marriage.
 A pessimist is a married optimist!
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@@ -651,8 +648,6 @@ and only a fool will use it.
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 Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work.
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-It's always the wrong time of the month.
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 In any hierarchy, each individual rises to his own level
 of incompetence, and then remains there.
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diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/murphy-o b/games/fortune/datfiles/murphy-o
index 0d33993b30cb..f0a6829d5c63 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/murphy-o
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/murphy-o
@@ -24,3 +24,8 @@ Sunday pray for crop failure.
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 Early to rise and early to bed makes a male
 healthy and wealthy and dead.
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+Pity the poor egg;
+It only gets laid once in its life.
+%
+It's always the wrong time of the month.