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• Err is basically a synonym for Murphy, but those who quote him over the better known prophet insist he is as real as Murphy.
  The basis for their argument: 1) his spirit, like Murphy's, is everywhere and 2) Err is human....
• Finagle's Law: n. The generalized or `folk' version of {Murphy's Law}, fully named "Finagle's Law of Dynamic Negatives" and usually rendered "Anything that can go wrong, will".
  One variant favored among hackers is "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum" (but see also {Hanlon's Razor})....
• Finagle's Law n. The generalized or `folk' version of Murphy's Law, fully named "Finagle's Law of Dynamic Negatives" and usually rendered "Anything that can go wrong, will".
  One variant favored among hackers is "The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum" (but see also Hanlon's Razor)....
• A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his own house.
  -- New Testament -- Matthew xiii, 57...
• And on the 8th day, God said, "Ok, Murphy, you're in charge!
• The best prophet of the future is the past.
• Atheism is a non-prophet organization.