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• Vance's Rule of 2 1/2: Any military project will take twice as long as planned, cost twice as much, and produce only half of what is wanted.
  -- Cyrus Vance...
• Any plumbing pipes you choose to replace during renovation will prove to be in excellent conditio
  hose you decide to leave in place will be rotten. -- Lew Phelp...
• A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete than expexted
  a carefully planned project will take only twice as long....
• Carelessly planned projects take three times longer to complete than expected
  carefully planned projects only twice as long....
• Golub's Second Law of Computerdom: A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete than expected
  a carefully planned project takes only twice as long....
• Laws of Computerdom According to Golub 1) Fuzzy project objectives are used to avoid the embarrassment of estimating the corresponding costs.
  2) A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete than expected...
• A rope lying over the top of a fence is the same length on each side.
  It weighs one third of a pound per foot. On one end hangs a monkey holding a banana, and on the other end a weight equal to the weight of the monkey....
• If the girl you love moves in with another guy once, it's more than enough.
  Twice, it's much too much. Three times, it's the story of your life....
• Once is happenstance, Twice is coincidence, Three times is enemy action. -- Auric Goldfinge