It sounds wrong to me, and I see a lot of commenters here using "couple <insert item here>". To me in the UK, I would shove an "of" in there. "A couple of drin

It sounds wrong to me, and I see a lot of commenters here using "couple <insert item here>". To me in the UK, I would shove an "of" in there. "A couple of drinks". Perhaps those across the pond miss this important "of" word out.