For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don’t want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That’s ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use “less” when they should use “fewer”

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    9 months ago

    a couple always means two.

    every time anyone says “a couple”, i ask them if they mean two. it’s not pleasant exchange for either of us, but it must be done

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        9 months ago

        There are multiple words that describe numbers.

        Couple, pair, and two are all words that describe the number 2.

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      9 months ago

      Disagree. I’ve always understood it to mean approximately two. Usually 2-3; 4 isn’t outlandish.

      Unless that’s the meaning, the expression doesn’t have a reason to exist. So that’s how I decide to interpret it.