@tinlyx answer is correct. Note to OP: If all of the verbs were to agree with “I”, the sentence would need to be “…but rather am trying…”

Like the duplicate says, it is not literally 2.2 kids- It is not 2 kids who have a status 10% better. It is an average for the country. And this place was so stereotypically ideal that they each had the exact average number of kids. (Not really- it is a joke.)

FWIW I have heard “sold out” used nonliterally for free tickets.

Hey @Community bot: the answer was itself a portmanteau. Friedrich: I pronounce the last syllable of portmanteau “tu” so how about “portmanthree”?

This is the word. But I think you did not select the best definition in the answer. dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/mercurial

I am almost certain that I pronounce all three with same initial vowel sound.

Agree with @FumbleFingers. If one is going to complain about the construction, one may as well complain about the use of “unable.”

Are they Delawareans or Delawarites?

A similar phenomenon in the USA (and not related to southern Indian cuisine): There are restaurants called “ X Inn” or “Inn at Y” that have nary a room for rent.

I think “far out” is groovy, Man.

I think this is it and the idiom would be “She’s like the blind men and the elephant.”