h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Why do bad things always come in three's?

I had some bad news last weekend and I hoped it would stop there, but no, 2 more bits of bad news today makes it 3.

I just can't catch a break.

Anyone else noticed that bad news travels in triplets?

Rama

With a name like Rama we ought to ask YOU that!

an sf reader called Ben

Apparently everything has a tendency to move in clusters according to science. But don´t quote me on it.

Its all to do with the 3RD law of inexplicibility, but I don't know that much about it, I think basically it implies that things tend to come in threes, especially when they are bad, I'me not to sure about laws 1 and 2, I'me not too sure about the 3RD law either, or, the fourth if there is one?
Oh, well, back to my config assembly and blast searching of the promoter sequences, its not all fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun you know

Its all to do with the 3RD law of inexplicibility, but I don't know that much about it, I think basically it implies that things tend to come in threes, especially when they are bad, I'me not to sure about laws 1 and 2, I'me not too sure about the 3RD law either, or, the fourth if there is one?
Oh, well, back to my config assembly and blast searching of the promoter sequences, its not all fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun you know

Its all to do with the 3RD law of inexplicibility, but I don't know that much about it, I think basically it implies that things tend to come in threes, especially when they are bad, I'me not to sure about laws 1 and 2, I'me not too sure about the 3RD law either, or, the fourth if there is one?
Oh, well, back to my config assembly and blast searching of the promoter sequences, its not all fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun you know

LoL, 2 legs.
***B

LoL?

Larry, Curly & Moe.
Father, Son & Holy Ghost.
3D Movies.
Earth, Wind and Fire.
Trois Rivieres.
Peter, Paul and Mary.
The Three Musketeers.
Emmerson, Lake and Palmer.
The number of seats in an MacLaren F-1.
Huey, Dewy and Louie.
(The Red Baron's)Fokker Tri-plane
Abraham, Martin and John.
(Goldilocks and) The Three Bears.
Crosby, Stills and Nash.
Sand, surf and sky.
The Atcheson, Topeka and the Santa Fe.
The new Gillete Mach 3 razor.
peace
jwf (3 letters!)

Three Dog Night!

*gitcher motor running (wah-wah)
*head out on the highway (wah-wah)
*heavy metal thunder (wah-wah)
*'n whatever cums our way
*Born to be wi-i-i-i-ild...

How-oooo!

How about The Three Wise Men.

::we three kings of orient tar
bearing gifts we traverse afar::

3 wishes!

Who can forget:

The 3 Penny Opera

The 3 Faces of Eve

The third world war...

That third one is a bad thing Mister Xolin.

The Three Little Pigs.
The Third Man Theme.
The three drink minimum.

pax
~jwf~

Klingon mathematics was originally on a base 3 system. They only switched to base 10 decimal system so that they could understand the science of other cultures.

176645

that was a stray from the useless information thread I think.

Thought, Word and deed.

Mostly

Actually I think 176645 is right. It always struck me weird such a dualistic, gender-conflicted race as the Klingons should see things in trios not duets. I'll bet the 'menage-a-trois' is a capital offense on their homeworld. The ten-digit decimal system is 'handier' all round unless you're a cartoon character.
(Looks like she's gone native though. Not that I have any idea what "wa'soch jav jav loS vagh" means in Klingon or any other known language.)

peace
~jwf~ (just a 'Toon in need of animation)

Thanks ~jwf~ that was more or less the point (I think). But it would qualify as useless information.

176645

PS Three Wise Monkeys

The 3 Rs
The 3 Tenors
Faith Hope and Charity
Earth, Sea and Air
Mind, Body and Spirit
3-headed Cerberus
3 Fates
3Furies
3 Harpies
3 Graces
3 Gorgons
3 witches
3 wishes
3 cheers!
3 coins in a fountain
3 Little Maids From School Are We
3 Blind Mice
3 bags Full
3 Billy Goats Gruff
I saw 3 ships a-sailing
3 cabelleros
3 men in a boat
3 men and a baby
3 steps to heaven
3 times a lady
3 card trick
3 course meal
3 piece suite
3 sheets to the wind
Three Mile Island
3-wheelers
threesomes
shamrocks
The Goodies
Sooty, Sweep and Sue
Wilson, Kettle and Betty
Mary, Mungo and Midge
Filthy, Rich and Catflap
(not to mention triangles,the Tricolour, tricycles,tricorn hats, tridents, trilogies, triplets,trimesters and tripods)