I always feel 3 is a nice optimal number, when you consider discrete values, that is. The other day, my mother wanted me to buy some fruits. 'Get as many as you want'..she said. And off I went to the fruit seller's...There were nice juicy apples and lovely oranges and pomegranates...I decided to buy all the three..'How many of each?'...Tough question...I thought for a while and said 'gimme 3 of each...'and managed to reduce the price considerably on account of the fact that I was a 'regular customer'!
Pleased with the bargain, I was all smiles as I reached home. My mother looked at the basket and picked the fruits one after another...'3 of each?!' she cried..'Ya..anything wrong?'..'I am tired of telling you..Can you not buy in even numbers?'...'It's not that I dont like even numbers..(!) its just that I find 2 too less and 4 slightly more...So I settle for 3...' It was holding on fine till then...'After all my roll number at school was also 3..' That was a completely unnecessary statement...'Nonsense...Hereafter do ONLY what I ask you to...Dont act smart..' cautioned my mother...
That left me thinking...What's really wrong with 3 and other odd numbers...Ok..am not really bothered about all other odd numbers..(Induction...If 4 is more, 5 etc would also be more!) 3 is my concern.. It's such a compact number (and my lucky one too!)...The letters in my name are 3, my roll number had been 3 for many many years...And there was a 3 in my ID number at college too...Arent these 3 reasons enough for me prefer 3? (Did you notice there are 3 paragraphs in this? and here's the trump...There are three times(!) five 3's in this..)
2 comments:
Three might be optimal. But i guess this entire discussion is being limited by the knowledge of how significant three is.
So i guess its time to throw some light on how significant it is NOT.
a) Let's talk about grapes. Who'd buy 3 grapes or 3 kios of grapes. Too little or too much.
b) Lets talk music. Whats music with just three swaras or notes. You need the saptaswaras. 7 is a great number.
c)Sticking to music: Which string instrument has just 3 strings. You need a minimum of 4.
d)Why do we have just 2 eyes and ears and hands and legs? Nah.. three isnt optimal always :))
e) Let's talk about computers that let u and me do what we are doing now. They use just 2 bits. 0 and 1.
f) Why do i have more than three questions out here?? just pulling ur leg ww.. :))
Nice one.. But namma tradition minded oldies won't even think about doing things differently regardless of convinience...
Anyways.. been a infrequent visitor to this blog over the last month or so, but just now realised that I know you.
This is Ravi.. who was your neighbor when u were in T.Nagar... Hows your Dad and mom and sis.. Say Hi to them for me...:)
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