Talk:Finagle's law

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so who was it that added the corollory to Murphy's or Finagle's law which states: "Murphy/Finagle was an optimist"

Supposedly O'Toole, according to Arthur Bloch in his widely-read Murphy's Law compednium. Ellsworth 00:12, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] moved from the article

But a serious philosopher, referring to sociological aspects of the law, has noted the possibilities of Murphy acting on Finagle ensuring a positive outcome.

Which serious philosopher? This sounds weird phrased like that. --Joy [shallot] 12:04, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] What's the diff?

Color me clueless, but I don't see the difference between Murphy's Law and Finagle's. --Jay (Histrion) 15:27, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

I don't either, I think they should be merged. I don't know how to do that though, so I guess I'm useless.--TrogdorTSL 23:33, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

I think Murphy's law is the much better known, so this should be subsumed under Murphy's. -Oreo Priest 21:01, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I believe murphy's, finagles and sods law should be merged into one article

I agree. The article begins with the phrase: Finagle's corollary to Murphy's Law. Corollary is defined in Random House (dictionary.com) as:

1. Mathematics. a proposition that is incidentally proved in proving another proposition. 2. an immediate consequence or easily drawn conclusion. 3. a natural consequence or result.

By its own definition Finagle's law isn't a law at all but a corollary and should be merged with that of the great Murphy :) LookingGlass (talk) 11:42, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Terry's Corollary to Murphy's Law

  (1) If it is supposed to work, it probably won't.
  (2) If it absolutely must work, it definitely won't.
  (3) If your job depends on it working, find other employment.

Terryallan 18:29, 4 October 2007 (UTC)