not the best of weeks....

But still basically ok.... and it started me wondering about the old trouble coming in threes thing...and deciding that its aload of rubbish... it seems to me that we just have trouble thinking of things in, say, groups of six, or twelve, and three is just a convenient number... but when we do have a problem, it seems to put us into "recognise problem" mode, and we tend to pick up on other problems which have been there for ages, but we just haven't noticed it... its a similar mechanism to the "PurpleCar" one... if you are not aware of this, I will explain... yu may never have conciously seen a purple car... but the minute you consider buying one, you will suddenly see loads of them on the roads... not because they weren't there before and now are, but because you have just uploaded the "recognise purple car" firmware... it works with all sorts of things... try it one day... but we do have a thing about threes, don't we... troubles, bears, rings for the elven kings, parts of gods, being a crowd, and of course the rule of three, without which cinema and literature (and I use the word in its loosest possible sense) would be either duller, shorter or more longwinded... interesting that we tend to group in pairs rather than threes..... but I digress... and I'm tired... until your troubles go away in threes just to be fair, Wisebeard salutes you!!!!!