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  • Back around '87 and' 88 or so I was living in Finagle's Freehold.

    A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2007

  • See also: Finagle's law, Murphy's law, Second law of thermodynamics, Adages named after people

    Hlade's Law Cliff Pickover 2006

  • See also: Finagle's law, Murphy's law, Second law of thermodynamics, Adages named after people

    Archive 2006-12-01 Cliff Pickover 2006

  • Emil was gone, running silently toward the cave with his gun held ready, leaving me with numb fingers and a deep appreciation of Finagle's first law.

    Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

  • Emil was gone, running silently toward the cave with his gun held ready, leaving me with numb fingers and a deep appreciation of Finagle's first law.

    Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1969

  • Emil was gone, running silently toward the cave with his gun held ready, leaving me with numb fingers and a deep appreciation of Finagle's first law.

    Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1968

  • I may be just a ship's doctor, but I make a Finagle's Folly that's known from here to Orion.

    The Ultimate Computer 1966

  • "At Polytech we called it 'Finagle's Formula'," Belle commented.

    The Galaxy Primes 1927

  • Finagle's First Law: If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.

    Slashdot: Book Reviews samzenpus 2010

  • Finagle's First Law: If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

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