Instructions on my ear drops say leave in ear for several minutes.

I guess a couple is 2
A few would be 3 or 4
I guess several would be 5 or 6

Terry wrote:
> Instructions on my ear drops say leave in ear for several minutes.
>
> I guess a couple is 2
> A few would be 3 or 4
> I guess several would be 5 or 6

Oh for God's sake it isn't rocket science. What some people will worry
about. LOL

"Terry" > wrote in message
...
> Instructions on my ear drops say leave in ear for several minutes.
>
> I guess a couple is 2
> A few would be 3 or 4
> I guess several would be 5 or 6

I think several is more than two and less than five.

According to my highly accurate scientific formula.

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Terry wrote:
> Instructions on my ear drops say leave in ear for several minutes.
>

Ear drops? Is this for corn? Am I in the right news group?

b.

wrote:

> I used to think something like that, until a journalist "proved" to
> me that the rules say that "several" is the same as "few" -- meaning
> 2 or 3.

and you believed the journalist because...?

> Here's how I used to rationalize it before I was "corrected":
>
> 1 = one
> 2 = 2 or "a couple of"
> 3 or 4 = a few
> 5 = 5
> 6 = 6 or 'half-dozen'
> 7 - 9 several
> 10 ten
>
> 12 = a dozen
>
> I assumed that, since we are familiar with 5 as being half of a
> decade -- and our number system is based on decades, or 10s -- that 5
> was a number of itself.
>
> and that, since we're all familiar with 12 as a dozen, then 6 would
> be a half-dozen.
>
> so, the odd numbers would be 3 or 4, or 7 - 9.
>
> Don't know why I ever spent the time to delineate this, except that I
> KNEW that, some day, an opportunity like this would present itself!
>
> Alan

OK, my brain just did a backflip, but I agree with your theory, rather
than the journalists.

wrote:

Ohh, yeah...

> 1 = one
> 2 = 2 or "a couple of"
> 3 or 4 = a few
> 5 = 5

5 = "a handful"

> 6 = 6 or 'half-dozen'
> 7 - 9 several
> 10 ten
>
> 12 = a dozen

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:26:25 -0400, "cybercat" >
wrote:

>
>"Terry" > wrote in message
.. .
>> Instructions on my ear drops say leave in ear for several minutes.
>>
>> I guess a couple is 2
>> A few would be 3 or 4
>> I guess several would be 5 or 6
>
>I think several is more than two and less than five.
>
>According to my highly accurate scientific formula.
>
A few and several are synonyms. Alternate meaning: To taste.




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denise~* wrote:
> wrote:
>
> Ohh, yeah...
>
> > 1 = one
> > 2 = 2 or "a couple of"
> > 3 or 4 = a few
> > 5 = 5
>
> 5 = "a handful"

Actually the universally accepted handful is a "B" cup.

Sheldon

Terry wrote:
> Instructions on my ear drops say leave in ear for several minutes.
>
> I guess a couple is 2
> A few would be 3 or 4
> I guess several would be 5 or 6

Why don't you ask your doctor or pharmacist?!!!

Terry wrote:
> Instructions on my ear drops say leave in ear for several minutes.
>
> I guess a couple is 2
> A few would be 3 or 4
> I guess several would be 5 or 6

More than three. A few is three.

-L.

-L. said...

>
> Terry wrote:
>> Instructions on my ear drops say leave in ear for several minutes.
>>
>> I guess a couple is 2
>> A few would be 3 or 4
>> I guess several would be 5 or 6
>
> More than three. A few is three.
>
> -L.


What a bunch of dunces!!!

Two's a couple!!! three's a croud!!! A handful is five, so OBVIOUSLY
several is FOUR!

Ya BUMS!!!

Andy