Here is a stupid question that has everyone in the shop arguing over. How long is a couple of minutes? How long is a few minutes?
A couple of minutes is just shy of a few minutes which is however long it takes me to do whatever I said would take me just a "few minutes" but that might be an hour
A couple of minutes is two. A few minutes is however long it takes me to get to where ever I said I'd be "in a few minutes". This may vary from as little as five minutes to as much as three or four hours later.
I was told back in prehistoric times that there's a biblical quote that says "a few, that is eight." Can't find it right off.