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| Whenever a system becomes completely defined, some damn fool discovers something which either abolishes the system or expands it beyond recognition. | |
| Parkinson's Law: Work expands to fill the time alloted it. | |
| Karl's version of Parkinson's Law: Work expands to exceed the time alloted it. | |
| Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases. -- Governor Jerry Brown | |
| Brooke's Law: Whenever a system becomes completely defined, some damn fool discovers something which either abolishes the system or expands it beyond recognition. | |
| Fun experiments: Get a can of shaving cream, throw it in a freezer for about a week. Then take it out, peel the metal off and put it where you want... bedroom, car, etc. As it thaws, it expands an unbelievable amount. | |
| Wiker's Law: Government expands to absorb revenue and then some. | |
| Regardless of whether a mission expands or contracts, administrative overhead continues to grow at a steady rate. | |
| Work expands to fill the time available. -- Cyril Northcote Parkinson, "The Economist", 1955 | |
