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Hitchcock's Staple Principle:
The stapler runs out of staples only while you are trying to
staple something.
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Hlade's Law:
If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person --
they will find an easier way to do it.
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Hoare's Law of Large Problems:
Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.
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Hoffer's Discovery:
The grand act of a dying institution is to issue a newly
revised, enlarged edition of the policies and procedures manual.
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Hofstadter's Law:
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take
Hofstadter's Law into account.
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Hollerith, v.:
What thou doest when thy phone is on the fritzeth.
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honeymoon, n.:
A short period of doting between dating and debting.
-- Ray C. Bandy
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Honorable, adj.:
Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative
bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable; as,
"the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur."
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Horner's Five Thumb Postulate:
Experience varies directly with equipment ruined.
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Horngren's Observation:
Among economists, the real world is often a special case.
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