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   The number three is the worst. Whether its a group of three people, three days of work left, or just a plain Wednesday it is always worse than any other amount. Two is more palatable because it is easy to split two, to share and converse among two and to count down from two. Two is the day after tomorrow. Three is tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow. 

   Three is also the development of a pattern. If something bad happens to you twice, you're unlucky. If the same thing occurs thrice, its probably a problem with you. If bad luck strikes three times while wearing the same hat, you throw that hat the fuck out.

   Three has always been a sinful number- three sixes is devil worship, and six divided in half is three. We have been trained not to like three. Three is bad.