This past Tuesday, gamers across the nation eagerly awaited the release of the newest addition to the ever-popular video game series "Halo."
Seeing the faces of young men plastered across the news waiting in lines days long brings back memories of many other disappointing thirds that many spent so much time and energy anticipating.
Unfortunately, these overrated and generally unwanted third additions continue to pop up intermittently throughout our lives.
Some say that the "third time's the charm," but this Top Ten reveals that this just may not always be the case.
The Daily, however, sincerely hopes that the return of Master Chief is as incredible and life-changing as everyone expects. It at least has to be better than the third addition to our great and powerful United States: New Jersey.
1. New Jersey: Officially the third state to join the Union, most (well not at Tufts, since a healthy percentage of students here hail from the Garden State) would say that this was a big mistake. Somehow, the state of strip malls and sunbathers is the most densely populated in the country, which may explain why one of the most frequent conversations on campus consists of a duel between North and South Jersey.
2. Third majors: Whenever the dreaded question of "What are you majoring in?" comes up, there is something even worse than answering yourself: hearing that someone has a third major. These people - the ones who continue to overachieve even after having gotten into college - are baffling and should be quarantined to the silent room in the library so that their excessive ambition doesn't spread to the rest of us.
3. Yale: According to U.S. News & World Report, Yale is the third best college in the country. And it taught George W. Bush everything he needed to know, right? Thank you, legacy preferences.
4. King George III: As the British King during the American Revolution, King G III hasn't been popular since about 1770. Not only did George buy into that whole "taxation without representation" thing, his entire reign was marred by warfare. And later in life, he went insane due to arsenic poisoning. Oh, the joys of being a monarch.
5. M?©nage ? trois: Well, what can you say about this beautiful French creation beyond ... yeah, it's pretty stellar. Threesomes have been known to break up relationships and cause incredibly awkward rifts between friends, but come on dude, so what if she dumped you? You can finally give real meaning to Chef's "You and Me, and Her (Simultaneous Loving)."
6. Lily Allen's third nipple: Yes, it does exist, and yes, it's pretty gross. Not that Lily Allen really had that much going for her in the first place, but a weird supernumerary nipple - that's the technical name - isn't helping. Then again, it could be worse; imagine if Amy Winehouse had a third nipple. Gross.
7. The new "Star Wars": Star Wars nerds flocked to movie theaters across the world on opening night of Episode One, Two and Three, often dressed in full-on Darth Vader or Yoda apparel. Outrage followed when they realized how badly Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) was miscast and how annoying Jar Jar Binks was after a few short minutes.
8. Third Reich: Enough said.
9. Summer 2007's third movie releases: High-powered Hollywood execs must have run out of ideas for original scripts for the summer of 2007, because they decided to come out with a third installment for every major blockbuster of the past five years. With "Spiderman 3," "Rush Hour 3," "Ocean's 13," "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" and "Shrek 3," they managed to butcher every popular movie franchise with a tired third - and hopefully final - chapter.
10: Third-degree burns: They really are the worst burns. Whether you are a masochist who sits out in the sun for 12 hours, a careless homebody who forgets to blow out candles or a hard-core cook too cool for oven mitts, few can escape the occasional third-degree burn. Just watch out for bubbling skin and/or intense blistering and run to the nearest hospital.
-compiled by the Daily Arts Department
