a couple of

Oftentimes, after buying something that has "only been used a couple times," you will get maybe a couple of good uses out of it before it breaks/stops working/ignites and by the time you've gone through the hassle of scrapping it, you'll be wishing you would've just bought a friggin' new one from the start. > "I bought a popcorn popper that was "only used a couple times" and the damn things spits out half the seeds." > "I'm not sure why the washing machine makes loud humming noises

"Hey, my parents just bought me a VCR and rented an ass-load of movies for me to watch while they're vacationing to Mexico for a couple of weeks to celebrate their 19th wedding annaversary

I got stall stalled in the men's room on 34 by a couple of accounting assholes talking to each other at the urinals