I thought a "couple"(as in, 'a couple of towels') meant 3 or 4. My kindergarten teacher asked me to get some paper towels from the bathroom once, I asked her how many, she said a couple, I said so, 3 or 4 right, she said no, a couple means 2.
looking back, i should've known. I mean, 2 ppl going out r a couple, so a couple would logically equal 2.
btw, i know this isnt funny or anything but i dont have anything else
A childhood belief about counting
others believed things like this
- that the word "couple" as in "a couple of items" was synonymous with "several", rather than "just two".— Blair A. Petterson
- My little brother once asked my mother when we past a couple of factories.. if the factories made clouds— nicky
- I used to think the olden days came once every couple of yearsAnon
- I used to think that when a couple got married and went on their honeymoon, they took a vacation to the moon.— Jen
- I used to think Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima were a married couple. — l stu electtirc boogaloo
- I used to believe that towels were sleeping ghosts, and at night they would come out and get you— bajd