THREES

[qwerty]

Red, white and blue.

The flags of...Anguilla, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Bouvet Island, Burma, Cambodia, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Faroe Islands, France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Heard and McDonald, Iceland, North Korea, Laos, Luxembourg, Mayotte, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, Panama, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Russia, Sandwich Islands, Samoa, Slovakia, Slovenia, Svalbard, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, US, Wallis and Futuna, Yugoslavia.

I left off all the flags with even the tiniest bits of other colours. Crikey.

fun with flags

sheldon's web cast on big bang

 

[tree]

BLT

[Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich]

 

[Mia]

Three Dog Night

American rock band with three vocalists: Chuck Negron, Corey Wells & Danny Hutton

 

[tree]

Strawberries, Sugar, and Cream

[from the rhyme, Curlylocks.]
This rhyme interested me quite a lot
as a child. I had straight hair.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/9f/38/68/9f38687178c43df2c56f0c03bbea70c9.jpg

 

[StephF]

Alpha, Beta, Gamma. Three types of radiation.

 

[tree]

Tom, Dick, and Harry

[Used to refer to multiple unspecified individuals.]

 

[Vinca]

VLT

[Very Large Telescope]

 

[tree]

Red, White, and Blue
on Barber Pole

http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/why-are-barber-poles-red-white-and-blue

 

[Vinca]

Me, Myself and I.

I've heard this combination of words in songs.

 

[tree]

Hop, Skip, and a Jump

a. short distance
b. also, a track & field event

 

[metalminx24]

Cyan, magenta, yellow

Ink cartridge colours

 

[tree]

Black, White, and Red/Read (all over)

The colors mentioned in a riddle which is... "perhaps
the most common example of a folk riddle collected
in the United States in the twentieth century."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_riddle

 

[Flinty]

Stop, Drop, and Roll

 

[tree]

Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

[what not to do to a machine readable document]

 

[Mia]

Fork, knife and spoon

Spoiler

(Unfortunately, the dish ran away with the spoon)

 

[Vinca]

Ask, Seek and Knock.

( Three words from Matthew 7:7 and Luke 11:9 )

 

[Judge]

Dewey, Cheatham & Howe

Attorneys At Law

 

[Vinca]

Florrick, Agos, and Lockhart.

The named partners in a law firm from the TV series The Good Wife.

 

[metalminx24]

Harry, Ron, Hermione

Potter

 

[tree]

big, fat, and wide


"Here comes the bride
Big fat and wide
Here comes the groom
Skinny as a broom"

[version popular on the
playground when I was
in elementary school]