Yoking words up.

Two or three oxen pulling a plough. Both doing the same job. Different animals. Under the same yoke.

Staying in ancient Greece for a moment. The ancient Greeks thought hand movements during speeches were very important to making a point. The great orator Demosthenes was asked what the three most important things in rhetoric were. He replied: “Action. Action. Action.”

The three most important things about starting a business? Location. Location. Location.

Tony Blair loved it. Here are two classics:

“Ask me my three main priorities for government and I tell you: education, education, education.”

Destroying John Major at the end of his premiership:

“Isn't it extraordinary that the Prime Minister of our country can't even urge his Party to back his own position? Weak. Weak. Weak!”

Mrs Thatcher:

"The President of the Commission, M. Delors, said at a press conference the other day that he wanted the European Parliament to be the democratic body of the Community, he wanted the Commission to be the Executive and he wanted the Council of Ministers to be the Senate. No. No. No."

"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day."

Macbeth going mad.

Is works with three repeats: with two it doesn't stick out so much.

Tiger Tiger burning bright in the forests of the night. 

I am shocked, shocked, to find gambling going on in here. 

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

It is really like banging your shoe or the flat of your hand on the table. Works every time. Try it.

You must, however, ration yourself very strictly.

If you do it too much, it just looks silly. Try it and see for yourself. A bit like a toddler...