[bkirkby]

why is it three logicians? wouldn't it work with just two?

[kkylin]

I recently heard this explained () in the following way: three is the smallest number where you can set up an expectation (with the first two) and then break it. This is why three is such a common number, not just in jokes but in all sorts of story-telling.

() In a lecture by the mathematician & author Sarah Hart.

[protomikron]

This guy footnotes.

[adw]

[Three is always funnier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_three_(writing)).

[douglaskayama]

Three is a magic number. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rdhqAZSRDc