What's your over exaggeration number? And what are the classic British examples?

Posted by jambacca@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 510 comments

My manager used 44 to sarcastically quantify 2 separate things in a meeting, and it got me thinking that I use 17 everytime I'm over exaggerating something, for some unknown reason. My best mate uses 42 a lot when over exaggerating so each person must have their own. There's the classic British examples like "umpteen times", "donkeys years", or "Costs a pretty penny" what other examples are there and what/why is your exaggeration number that?