deaths happening in 3's?

[luvmyfam444]

I've heard this forever - where did it come from - anyone know? I know its usually true....

just curious

 

[Renesmee]

Well..today it's 4.

Billy Mays, the infomercial pitchman died today. He was 50

 

[CaliforniaDreamin]

I wondered too how this "rule of 3" came about. I'm gonna look on Snopes and see if they have any kind of origin.

 

[luvmyfam444]

Ahh - thanks - I forgot to check out snopes.


And no - today's death would be the start of a new week, thus #1....

 

[swald91]

Well..today it's 4.

Billy Mays, the infomercial pitchman died today. He was 50

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing when I read this thread....if it's true there will be 2 more.

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

It's not just deaths but trouble that is said to come in threes. I have often heard the phrase "the third child of trouble".

 

[raysnkaysmom]

Before we heard MJ died, we were just talking about who the 3rd would be... we speculated Patrick Swayze

sooo sad, all of it

 

[happygirl]

If the rules of three are true where does Bea Arhur and Natasha Richardson come in,

 

[raysnkaysmom]

If the rules of three are true where does Bea Arhur and Natasha Richardson come in,

I think the thought of 3 just comes about when it happens soo close together

 

[Alyssa88]

So many people die everyday. I think it's so easy to turn a sequence of deaths into your "3". I find the whole thing silly, it's just an old superstition that people can't seem to let go of.

I think if you expect there to be 2 more deaths this week then if someone you know (or know of) does die then that will jump out as number 2 or 3. It never occured to me to count deaths in my life, but I am pretty sure they never came in 3's. It was an individual each time, didn't feel the need to wait around anticipating that third death.

 

[HelenePA]

It's not just deaths but trouble that is said to come in threes. I have often heard the phrase "the third child of trouble".

In my case it wasn't the 3rd child it was the 2nd she's just like me

 

[chell]

Before we heard MJ died, we were just talking about who the 3rd would be... we speculated Patrick Swayze

sooo sad, all of it

For some reason when I first read your post I read OJ Simpson instead of Patrick Swayze.

 

[MichelleVW]

So many people die everyday. I think it's so easy to turn a sequence of deaths into your "3". I find the whole thing silly, it's just an old superstition that people can't seem to let go of.

I think if you expect there to be 2 more deaths this week then if someone you know (or know of) does die then that will jump out as number 2 or 3. It never occured to me to count deaths in my life, but I am pretty sure they never came in 3's. It was an individual each time, didn't feel the need to wait around anticipating that third death.

I hear ya....it's a bunch of hooey..

 

[kaytieeldr]

Well..today it's 4.

Billy Mays, the infomercial pitchman died today. He was 50

Five - Gale Storm died, too.

And no - today's death would be the start of a new week, thus #1....

But in the last seven days (i.e. week )...