Alas you are correct. I guess my "self promoted" attempt to cite "law"
is an example of the Peter Principle.

   BTW
  You reminded me that  I have "The Law Complete" by Parkinson. Time for
another read!

-----Original Message-----
From: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 4:32 PM
Subject: Murphy, was Re: tons of VW stuff for sale!!!!

>** Reply to message from "Joe L." <jliasse@EMAIL.MSN.COM> on Wed, 2
>Dec 1998 12:46:55 -0500
>
>Actually, I believe that's a corrolary to Parkinson's Law which I
>misquote as "Work expands to fill the time available."  Anyone
>interested in dry wit with a sting in the tail, accompanied by
>extremely acerbic drawings, see C. Northcote Parkinson, _Parkinson's
>Law_ and _The Law and the Profits_.  Both illustrated by Robert
>Osborne.
>
>david
>
>> Part of Murphy's Law
>>
>>      "The volume of stuff always expands to exceed the storage space
>> available."
>
>
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