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Originally Posted by Fbone
'When I was a kid, I asked my mum what a couple was and she said, 'Oh, two or three'. And she wonders why her marriage didn't work out.' - Josie Long
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That's the definition I learned of "a couple", during the business of bargaining for cookies. Of course I always leaned towards the three definition.
People still look at me oddly when I use "couple" that way today. I am working on UN-learning it. Sigh.