Murphy's Laws Collection
Original Murphy's Law: If anything can go wrong, it will. And more ...
Katz's Maxims
Try to find the real tense of the report you are reading: Was it done, is it being done, or is it something to be done? Reports are now written in four tenses: past tense, present tense, future tense, and pretense. Watch for novel uses of "contractor grammar", defined by the imperfect past, the insufficient present, and the absolutely perfect future.
