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| #3988 |   | Finagle's First Law: 	To study a subject best, understand it thoroughly before you start.
  Finagle's Second Law: 	Always keep a record of data -- it indicates you've been working.
  Finagle's Fourth Law: 	Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes 	it worse.
  Finagle's Fifth Law: 	Always draw your curves, then plot your readings.
  Finagle's Sixth Law: 	Don't believe in miracles -- rely on them.
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| #3989 |   | Finagle's Second Law: 	No matter what the anticipated result, there will always be 	someone eager to (a) misinterpret it, (b) fake it, or (c) believe it 	happened according to his own pet theory.
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| #3990 |   | Finagle's Seventh Law: 	The perversity of the universe tends toward a maximum.
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| #3991 |   | Finagle's Third Law: 	In any collection of data, the figure most obviously correct, 	beyond all need of checking, is the mistake
  Corollaries: 	(1) Nobody whom you ask for help will see it. 	(2) The first person who stops by, whose advice you really 	    don't want to hear, will see it immediately.
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| #3992 |   | Fine's Corollary: 	Functionality breeds Contempt.
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| #3993 |   | Finster's Law: 	A closed mouth gathers no feet.
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| #3994 |   | First Law of Bicycling: 	No matter which way you ride, it's uphill and against the wind.
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| #3995 |   | First law of debate: 	Never argue with a fool.  People might not know the difference.
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| #3996 |   | First Law of Procrastination: 	Procrastination shortens the job and places the responsibility 	for its termination on someone else (i.e., the authority who 	imposed the deadline).
  Fifth Law of Procrastination: 	Procrastination avoids boredom; one never has the feeling that 	there is nothing important to do.
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| #3997 |   | First Law of Socio-Genetics: 	Celibacy is not hereditary.
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