tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post5535269017407827395..comments2023-11-05T12:01:00.970+00:00Comments on WhyNotSmile: Jamie and the Magic Torch MomentsScatterCodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303268210112033871noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post-9246753505574152402010-05-26T14:31:10.842+01:002010-05-26T14:31:10.842+01:00Wes, I have a whole hoard of stories like that. B...Wes, I have a whole hoard of stories like that. But at least you had heard of the word 'several'. This was like getting to 22 and finding out that there was a word, which you had never heard before, but which everyone else used Quite Often.ScatterCodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303268210112033871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post-16210341440457798142010-05-26T14:18:52.132+01:002010-05-26T14:18:52.132+01:00I think everyone gets to a certain age where they ...I think everyone gets to a certain age where they don't know something that everyone else does. For me, I was quite old when I finally realised that "several" didn't mean "three". I thought "couple=2" and "several=3" for years and years and years. How embarrassing when I discovered it wasn't true.W Johnstonhttp://www.wesleyjohnston.com/roadsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post-77715913756613655832010-05-25T14:43:01.004+01:002010-05-25T14:43:01.004+01:00I had exactly the same experience. Same TV show, s...I had exactly the same experience. Same TV show, same age when I found out that everyone else watched it and I had no idea it existed. Bizarre.andrewghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01363738196403434636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post-33142265503163307552010-05-25T14:14:22.887+01:002010-05-25T14:14:22.887+01:00I spend much of my life in such a "moment&quo...I spend much of my life in such a "moment"Virtual Methodisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216521507646356414noreply@blogger.com