From: utzoo!decvax!cwruecmp!mcguire Newsgroups: net.jokes.d Title: Rieds table Article-I.D.: cwruecmp.454 Posted: Mon Jan 31 11:40:10 1983 Received: Tue Feb 1 04:28:44 1983 Just now I saw a 'Table of Absolute Values of Common American Phrases Denoting Nonspecific Quantities'. The table defined 'a few' as 3 to 6. The bible has a different idea. In Genesis 3:20 a few is defined as 8. (This is the number of people saved from the flood in Noah's ark.) Ryan