Comments on: The anxiety of the threes https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:30:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: RBH https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542980 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:30:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542980 I was a volunteer firefighter for decades, and we had a saying that fires come in threes. But that, of course, is due to the fact that three is all the higher firefighters can count. 🙂

]]> By: jj https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542979 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:16:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542979 FYI -Ed McMahon died prior to MJ and Farrah, I remember this because I was in a bar the day he died (or a few days later, can;t remember, it was a bar), and an old pal of mine and I were discussing, and he said “So who are the next two?” Next day, BAM, Farrah then MJ. Found that to be odd, or more accurately, coincidental.

]]> By: Dave X https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542978 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:16:24 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542978 Relaxing while driving might not be a good idea for your friend. What were the last three things that happend to her old clunker?

Maybe she should take the bus.

]]> By: Natasha https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542977 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:26:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542977 Maybe she should stop tailgating trucks?

I agree with Stephanie, offering bits of nonsense you don’t believe is not a good way to comfort friends. And the fourth thing happening proves that point.

]]> By: steve https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542976 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:47:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542976 Sky Saxon (of the Seeds) died the day before Michael / Farrah. All he gets is a mention of being the “Darby Crash” of the “actual three” celebs that died. I agree that the “rule of 3s” is dumb.

]]> By: Watt de Fawke https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542975 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:41:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542975 Maybe the stone strikes are a pair, so together they make the third bad thing?

Or maybe numerology in all its forms is batshit crazy.

]]> By: MadScientist https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542974 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:56:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542974 I think the lesson is avoid construction sites – they’re great places to slash and puncture tires, scratch the paint, and crack the windscreen. There’s not much to do about rocks but stay far behind the truck and hope the rocks don’t bounce too well; they still tend to scratch the paint though. Then again if the truck is coming the opposite direction you’re screwed; there’s no avoiding the rocks.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542973 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:44:56 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542973 You mean “The Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse … And One Ugly One?”

]]> By: Bruce W https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542972 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:35:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542972 Don’t worry…if my timing is right, this will be the fourth comment, which will negate the evil trinity. You have nothing more to worry about…uh, wait a second…what are those four horsemen doing in front of the house?

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542971 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:51:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/23/the-anxiety-of-the-threes/#comment-542971 No, no, no one was supposed to notice that!

Actually, there was a third window strike in the family the same week. This means that there is one more bumper dent to come.

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