If two wrongs don’t make a right, try three.

Framed as a comic twist on the proverb “two wrongs don’t make a right,” the line satirizes the human tendency to justify escalating misbehavior once an initial mistake has been made. By proposing “try three,” it exposes the absurd logic of retaliation and rationalization: instead of correcting course, people sometimes double down, seeking emotional satisfaction or a sense of balance through further wrongdoing. The joke works by pushing the proverb’s moral arithmetic to a ridiculous extreme, highlighting how easily ethical reasoning can be replaced by scorekeeping, spite, or self-excuse. In that sense, it functions as a compact critique of vindictiveness and moral backsliding.