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17 October 2007

Fast, Quality, Cheap... We all know those we can only have 2 of those 3 at any given time, but what are other examples of the "you can only have 2 of the three at a time" situation?

post by: drezdn at: 12:55 | 14 comments

In bike components, it's light, durable and cheap.

posted by box 17 October | 13:08

Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory.

In meal-planning, you often hear that you can have "Quick, healthy, and delicious: pick two!" (I disagree, but that's neither here nor there.)

posted by Elsa 17 October | 13:15

Straight men who are neat, thin, and single. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
/Seinfeld

posted by Joe Invisible 17 October | 13:18

In college, our unofficial school motto was "Sleep, Study, Socialize: Pick Two". But, by the end of my senior year, we had quickly edited that to "pick 1.5".

posted by muddgirl 17 October | 13:19

You can have a great relationship, a great job, and a great apartment... But you can't have all three at the same time.

posted by taz 17 October | 13:21

Straight men who are neat, thin, and single.

I found one! Of course, he's not single anymore ;-)

I feel like there must be one for work, like- you can have money, respect and responsibility, but not all at the same time.... (hmm, that doesn't seem like exactly it.... any thoughts?)

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 October | 13:27

For PC games:

Online
Free
Good

posted by Memo 17 October | 13:39

I feel like there must be one for work, like- you can have money, respect and responsibility, but not all at the same time.... (hmm, that doesn't seem like exactly it.... any thoughts?)

Success
Fulfillment
Work/Life balance

Choooose!

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 17 October | 13:47

In college, our unofficial school motto was "Sleep, Study, Socialize: Pick Two". But, by the end of my senior year, we had quickly edited that to "pick 1.5".

By the time I got to grad school it was "study, study or study: pick 1". God I hated grad school.

posted by octothorpe 17 October | 13:51

When buying shoes, or even just clothes in general:

Comfortable
Looks Good
Affordable

And don't even ask if they carry it in your size!

posted by SassHat 17 October | 14:40

OMG shoes, yes! I did shoe shopping last night, and it's true- you get two out of three: comfort, looks, price.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 October | 14:42

I'm always hyper-aware that cheap clothing is usually produced in sweatshops :-(

posted by chuckdarwin 17 October | 14:49

I want you
I need you
But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you

But don't feel sad, cuz two out of three ain't bad

posted by rainbaby 17 October | 16:09

In one of the Tales of the City books Armistead Maupin said you can have a hot boyfriend, a hot apartment, or a hot job, but not all three at the same time. This is known as Mona's Law. Perhaps not exactly what you were looking for, though.

posted by Lassie 17 October | 19:16

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