Several days later Elizabeth was once again heading for the Mess Hall. John's list was still posted by the door, pausing she noticed that several more rules had been added to the list and judging by the different handwritings John wasn't the only one who had decided to impart his wisdom on the new personnel.
11.) In any hierarchy, each individual rises to his own level of incompetence, and then remains there.
--CoughKavanaghCough
12.) Learn to pick your battles; ask yourself, 'Will this matter one year from now? How about one month? One week? One day?'
13.) Plan A never works, Plan B rarely works, it's Plan C you always go with.
14.) Things get worse under pressure.
-- Being trapped underwater in a sinking Puddle Jumper.
-- Trying to get a stupid ZPM working while the Wraith are breathing down your neck.
-- Saving the city from a super storm from hell.
-- Wraith computer viruses.
-- You get the idea.
15.) You need only two tools. WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use the tape.
16.) Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.
-- Pretty much all the aliens in this galaxy.
17.) The complexity of a weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the weapon's operator.
-- Note that while the military grunts get to play with guns and such things, the scientists get to play with things like nuclear bombs.
18.) Death is not necessarily permanent.
-- There are ways to cheat death, it is not always easy but it can be done.
-- Dr. Daniel Jackson is a perfect example of this rule (Doesn't matter that he isn't in this galaxy the rule is still true).
19.) Mother nature is a bitch.
-- See super storm from hell (thankfully that only comes once every twenty years).
20.) The worse the weather, the more you are required to be out in it.
-- See mission report dealing with the above.
Chuckling softly Elizabeth continued on her way, knowing full well that that wasn't the last of the rules. No doubt more people would be adding to the list trying to see who could come up with the funniest or strangest rules. The thing was bound to mutate out of control at some point but for the moment she didn't see any harm it letting John and the others have their fun, the list in a way could be seen as a therapeutic way to relieve stress and as long as things stayed relatively clean and innocent Elizabeth wasn't going to put a stop to it.