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Labor, n.:
One of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Lackland's Laws:
(1) Never be first.
(2) Never be last.
(3) Never volunteer for anything
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Lactomangulation, n.:
Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk carton so badly
that one has to resort to using the "illegal" side.
-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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Langsam's Laws:
(1) Everything depends.
(2) Nothing is always.
(3) Everything is sometimes.
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Larkinson's Law:
All laws are basically false.
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laser, n.:
Failed death ray.
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Laura's Law:
No child throws up in the bathroom.
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Law of Communications:
The inevitable result of improved and enlarged communications
between different levels in a hierarchy is a vastly increased
area of misunderstanding.
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Law of Continuity:
Experiments should be reproducible. They should all fail the same way.
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Law of Procrastination:
Procrastination avoids boredom; one never has
the feeling that there is nothing important to do.
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