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How many is a few?

  • 26-04-2011 2:57pm
    #1
    Min
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,550 ✭✭✭


    How many is a few?

    What number do you associate with a few?

    This is to settle a bet.


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Comments

  • #2
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    More than one.

    Less than............you know.............a few more.


  • #3
    CarMuppet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 521 ✭✭✭CarMuppet


    3


  • #4
    RedXIV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭RedXIV


    3 or 4


  • #5
    Toby Take a Bow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭Toby Take a Bow


    3 to 4. A couple is 2. 5 to 7 would be a good few. 8 is loads.


  • #6
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    1, 2 skip a few, 99, 100
    A Few=3 - 98 inclusive


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  • #7
    macman2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 173 ✭✭macman2010


    a couple is 2,
    3 is a few


  • #8
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    More than a couple, less than a shitload


  • #9
    Hookah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 850 ✭✭✭Hookah


    A few hundred?

    A few thousand?

    A few billion, if you're an Irish banker.


  • #10
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    A "few" is a number less than what you've actually had.

    GF: How much did you drink last night!?!
    BF: *Thinks of the 5 Jagerbombs, 7 Heinekins, 2 Smurfs, 1 Tequila, 2 Black Aftershocks*...............I had a few.......


  • #11
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,716 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    How many are a few.


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  • #12
    michelledoh
    Site Banned Posts: 328 ✭✭michelledoh


    Deffo 3!


  • #13
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    RedXIV wrote: »
    3 or 4

    Confirmed.


  • #14
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    3-5


  • #15
    talla10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭talla10


    3-5 is a few

    6 is a half dozen 7-11 is loads

    12 is a dozen

    13 is a bakers dozen

    and a) how much is the bet b) who won the bet and c) gimme me my money


  • #16
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Enough.


  • #17
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    About two fiddy


  • #18
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    1, 2 skip a few, 99, 100
    A Few=3 - 98 inclusive

    Damn you logiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic!


  • #19
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    TheZohan wrote: »
    About two fiddy

    It's three fiddy last time I checked!

    EDIT: Sorry didn't realise the double post. Or the "Sequential posting of a few minus one times".


  • #20
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    Four or five.


  • #21
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    chin_grin wrote: »
    Damn you logiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic!
    :p

    I'd say many of us had a few too many drinks over the long weekend:(


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  • #22
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    More than one and less than five.

    Unless it's used with in conjunction with the words "just a" and "drinks" in which case it's sometimes more than one and less than twelve.


  • #23
    TheBunk1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 796 ✭✭✭TheBunk1


    How much did you drink last night?

    3-6 = a few
    7-9 = a fair few
    10+ = we went for one...and shur you know yourself...


  • #24
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    3-6

    7 - 10 is "several"

    More than ten is "lots"

    TheBunk1 wrote: »
    How much did you drink last night?

    3-6 = a few
    7-9 = a fair few
    10+ = we went for one...and shur you know yourself...
    Nah, you've got it all wrong.

    3-5 = "one or two"
    5-8 = "a few"
    8+ = "I don't remember"


  • #25
    Dangerous Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭Dangerous Man


    3-5


  • #26
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,231 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    I asked for a couple in Kerry and was given 3, so 3 can't be a few.:P


  • #27
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Three faps and I'm like: 'Phew!" So, three.


  • #28
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    three or four


  • #29
    Clover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,856 ✭✭✭Clover


    Three or four.


  • #30
    Aoifey!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,571 ✭✭✭Aoifey!


    3, 4 or 5.

    2 is not a few, it's a couple. My friend always calls 2 a few.


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  • #31
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Three, possibly four, just fewer than several.


  • #32
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    less than a sh1tload


  • #33
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    3 or 4


  • #34
    flash1080
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭flash1080


    How many is a few too many?


  • #35
    Aoifey!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,571 ✭✭✭Aoifey!


    flash1080 wrote: »
    How many is a few too many?
    9 or 10


  • #36
    Joe10000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭Joe10000


    A few is 3 to 5.


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  • #37
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    3-4 but sometimes 8


  • #38
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    It's an infinite and undefinable amount. It's like when Captain Lawrence Oates said he was going outside, he knew he wasn't coming back either.


  • #39
    Elbow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Elbow


    Duggy747 wrote: »
    A "few" is a number less than what you've actually had.

    GF: How much did you drink last night!?!
    BF: *Thinks of the 5 Jagerbombs, 7 Heinekins, 2 Smurfs, 1 Tequila, 2 Black Aftershocks*...............I had a few.......



    sorry but........ "A Smurf"??? :confused:


  • #40
    Schism
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Schism


    More that a couple.

    Less than a load.

    And a good few less than a heap. (Pronounced hape)


  • #41
    foxmulerider
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭foxmulerider


    how few is a many?


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  • #42
    nibtrix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭nibtrix


    More than a couple but less than several.


  • #43
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Schism wrote: »
    More that a couple.

    Less than a load.

    And a good few less than a heap. (Pronounced hape)

    ...But what if you've had a few too many? :confused:


  • #44
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    It's relative as you could be dealing with large numbers, in which case a few (out of 1 million) could be 100 things.

    But if you were asking how many people are in a room and I said 'a few' I'd mean 3-6 probably.


  • #45
    mconigol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭mconigol


    If a tree falls in the woods does anyone hear it?


  • #46
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Less than "a rake". :D

    /culchie


  • #47
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    mconigol wrote: »
    If a tree falls in the woods does anyone hear it?

    The wood wildlife or the groundskeeper?


  • #48
    Schism
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Schism


    Biggins wrote: »
    ...But what if you've had a few too many? :confused:

    Then you definitely had a heap! Or else you're a lightweight in which case a few too many was a couple too much.


  • #49
    Tubsandtiles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 673 ✭✭✭Tubsandtiles


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Enough.
    Not enough :D


  • #50
    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Min wrote: »
    How many is a few?

    What number do you associate with a few?

    This is to settle a bet.

    More than 2 but less than a lot.


  • #51
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Schism wrote: »
    Then you definitely had a heap! Or else you're a lightweight in which case a few too many was a couple too much.

    :pac:

    I'm worried about you.
    You've put too much thought into this. You need to get out more! :pac:


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