Had to add an epilogue of sorts here Art. If someone mentioned it earlier, forgive me for missing it. Heard it in a recruiting commercial earlier today that we all are familiar with, and don't know how we left it out:
The Few. The Proud. The Marines.
And then there's Matthew 22:14, usually stated something like "Many are called, but few are chosen", which has given rise to many things being characterized as the "chosen few".
You won your bet, but as illustrated above, it seems to be quantified often as an adjective of sorts, implying a "select portion" that is special
. God bless our Marines (I was Army).