JKR's "Divide by three" comment

[MsTattersall]

> I have a question for the group at large.  It seems very "off-
> topic."  I was hoping someone might be able to give a bit of 
insight 
> or theory to the meaning behind JKR's comment from her website.  In 
> the Rubbish Bin section JKR talks about getting government approval 
> for an addition to her home.  Which would supposedly give her a 
> mansion with fifteen bedrooms.  My question pertains to her comment 
> at the bottom of this page. . . . 
> 
> "Actually, it now occurs to me that 'divide-by-three' is a good 
rule 
> to apply to a lot of 'news' stories."
> 
> This comment struck me as funny today. What news would she be 
talking 
> about?  There have been a lot of superfluous news pieces but I 
don't 
> recall any that deal with something that is a multiple of three or 
> that could be divided by three.  Why is there special emphasis on 
the 
> word news?  Can anyone help me with this?
> 
> Amdorn

I think she was telling us two things: that her so-called mansion has 
five bedrooms (15 divided by 3), and that most news, and in 
particular the rumors that circulate about HP, is so overhyped that 
it should be discounted. What she writes on her site is very much a 
friend talking to other friends, I don't think she was revealing 
anything mysterious.
Ms.Tattersall