Two's company, Three's a crowd

Perhaps the old saying: "Two's company, three's a crowd", was simply a quick excuse that someone pulled out of thin air to keep someone out of the loop.

It's really quite possible that the trendsetter at the time, didn't want their precious loop to be weakened by a bronze chain and kept them out by saying "two's company, three's a crowd, sorry" + smirk.

Now the bronze chain probably accepted this and their fate that they would never be part of the loop, that they simply were the mouse who could sink the boat.

But if you look at the phrase more closely, who's perspective is this from? Who's the company of who?

In my opinion this is from Person A's point of view, and really if it's said correctly it means that Person B and C are company of Person A. But if Person D tags along, then THAT would be crowd.

Think about it, talking in a group of three generally makes a much more equal conversation that if there was a group of four.

In a group of three's for everyone to be included no one can pair off, but in a group of four it's much easier to create two smaller groups and become unwittingly socially segregated.

So how many people are part of this company, and therefore how many make a crowd?

It's a lot like this riddle: There are two ducks in front, two ducks behind and one in the middle, how many ducks are there?

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"If I have a question I ask Google"

Most people have a word, or a phrase they use far too much. I have my fair share of those words, but if I've ever had an overused personal mantra, it would definitely be:

"Google it"

Without a doubt I wouldn't have a clue without Google. Like many, if I have a question I punch it straight into Google and out pop a few thousand, possibly million hits.

How did anyone survive before Google came to be? Google only really started in 1998, however two years previously the same, but smaller search engine was called BackRub. But really, the term, the icon, Google on started 11 years ago. (I found that out by Googling).

This sort of behaviour can by typically categorised, not only to the new-age-baby-boomers in the current millenium but also the Calculator Generation (Generation Y).

Us Y's have also had access to the basic computer, and handheld calculator as opposed to our parents who had textbooks filled with the possible answers to any sine, cosine or tangent problem. Thankfully my calculator not only contains pi and sine but it has a contact book and the capacity to play Mario.

If us Y's were thrown back into 'the good old days' from our parent's yonder years, could we survive?

Have we become so dependant on the instant answer, the constant contact and permenant overload of information that we couldn't survive in a time where every house had ONE phone?