3-0, 3-1, 3-2

We're back to baseball again.  Although, it can be applied to similar lifesongs.

You're at bat.

The count is 3-0.

Do not swing.

If you do, your coach will kill you.

The count is 3-1.

Do not swing.

If you do, your coach will maim, or potentially, castrate you.

The count is 3-2.

Unless the ball is thrown to Montana and you are playing baseball in Dubuque, you better swing, you MUST swing, you WILL swing.

So.

Never swing at 3-0.
Never swing at 3-1.
ALWAYS swing at 3-2, if the ball is pitched within 'this' galaxy.