Doug Miller wrote:
GB wrote:
....
I can't for the life of me figure out how he derived that from the
information provided to date.

And I can't for the life of me figure out how *you* derived that from the
original post (quoted in its entirety above). What on earth are you talking
about?


He's poking fun at the OP's laziness in saying "A couple people ...".
"a couple" is 2 people romantically involved. "a couple *of* people" is
multiple people.

I know, picky, picky, and also a stretch, but this is Usenet.

Bob