# Things that come in threes are very exciting! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 1, 2002, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-come-in-threes-are-very-exciting/101198 "2002-04-01T13:58:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-come-in-threes-are-very-exciting/101198/1 "2002-04-01T13:58:02Z")
Hi. I’m inspired by [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=106854) thread to think of famous trios. Triplets? Things that come in threes. As you can read, **Ukulele Ike** came up with some good ones already: > [@](#): > > Three wishes; > three bears; > three Magi; > the Holy Trinity; > Faith, Hope, and Charity, > three Stooges… > [sub]_reformatted for hopefully easier reading_[/sub] I’m also thinking: three blind mice three strikes and yerouttahere. And so on. So, what else? ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-come-in-threes-are-very-exciting/101198/2 "2002-04-01T14:36:07Z")
The Three Faces of Eve? Three Coins in the Fountain ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-come-in-threes-are-very-exciting/101198/3 "2002-04-01T16:26:01Z")
The Dixie Chicks. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-come-in-threes-are-very-exciting/101198/4 "2002-04-02T11:02:57Z")
Tisiphone, Alecto and Megaera - the Erinyes, or Furies. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-come-in-threes-are-very-exciting/101198/5 "2002-04-02T11:35:35Z")
The Three Musketeers? Three Fugitives? Three Days of the Condor?? ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-come-in-threes-are-very-exciting/101198/6 "2002-04-02T11:41:58Z")
… when I saw this thread title I just thought it was about threesomes (you know, _sexual_ ones) and literally coming (orgasm etc)… and now I’m in a thread with mice, Musketeers and Dixie Chicks and feeling like a total perv… ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-come-in-threes-are-very-exciting/101198/7 "2002-04-02T12:13:00Z")
Three Rivers Stadium Three Mile Island Three Dog Night Three Tenors Three dimensions ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-come-in-threes-are-very-exciting/101198/8 "2002-04-02T12:14:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AbbySthrnAccent \* > \*\*Three dimensions \*\* Oops, I got a tad carried away, strike that please. :o ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-come-in-threes-are-very-exciting/101198/9 "2002-04-02T12:29:17Z")
Crosby, Stills, and Nash Emerson, Lake, and Palmer Manny, Moe, and Jack tic, tac, toe win, lose, or draw three on a match Rush Triumph ZZ Top Cream The Police the Delrubio sisters _The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly_ The Kingston Trio three cheese pizza Door #1, Door #2, or Door#3 and SheDaisy (not their music, just them, yum!) ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-come-in-threes-are-very-exciting/101198/10 "2002-04-02T12:50:40Z")
[Me, Myself and I](http://cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=831582059/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/artistid=ARMATRADING*JOAN/itemid=320865) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-come-in-threes-are-very-exciting/101198/11 "2002-04-02T14:36:32Z")
Don’t forget Peter, Paul, and Mary. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-come-in-threes-are-very-exciting/101198/12 "2002-04-02T15:03:36Z")
That **Widdershins** is damn eloquent and deserves to be quoted… **ZZ Top** nuff said.