3 good, or 3 bad, and 42

It is said that bad things come in three's is that the same for the good things in life.


And why 3, wny not 6 or 10.  Like catch 22, who said it was catch 22, why not catch 24 or even 42.  Ah now that is the meaning of life according to the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42