Lachlan's Laws

That great Highland philosopher, Lachlan McLachlan, propounded a number of irrefutable laws of life, the universe and everything, usually after a "bevvy" in the Auchenshuggle Arms on a Saturday night. Here are some examples:

 
  1. Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
  2. A closed mouth gathers no feet.
  3. The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
  4. The most common cause of hearing loss amongst men is a wife saying she wants to talk to him.
  5. Theorem of the Bath - When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone invariably rings.
  6. The things that come to those who wait will be the things left by those who got there first.
  7. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
  8. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
  9. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.
  10. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people look bright until you hear them speak.
  11. When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
  12. When you dial a wrong telephone number, you never get an engaged/busy line.
  13. When women see the first strand of grey hair they think they are going to dye....
  14. At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last and during a critical time in the show.
  15. Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
  16. The "Law of Close Encounters" - The probability of meeting someone you know increases by 100% when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
  17. All marriages are happy - it's the living together afterwards that causes all the problems .
  18. The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor covering are directly correlated to the newness, color and cost of the carpet/rug.
  19. By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.
  20. Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
  21. Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
  22. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognise a mistake when you make it again.
  23. The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.
  24. In slow moving traffic, if you move to another lane because it is moving faster, it always slows down and the lane you were in speeds up.
  25. Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.
  26. Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right - and the other person is a husband.
  27. Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
  28. Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
  29. Don't worry about what people think - they don't do it very often.
  30. Someone who thinks logically makes a nice contrast to the real world.
  31. You know when you're getting old when you wake up with that morning-after feeling, and you didn't do anything the night before.
  32. The only way to keep healthy is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
  33. he nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.
  34. A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
  35. Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
  36. Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticised them, you're a mile away - and you have their shoes...
  37. After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead.
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Taken from www.rampantscotland.co.uk