To think that people who say "sleeps" are

[EliotNess]

twats silly?
Since when dud kids not get the concept of days?

Plus adults using it. Ew

Pardon?

Ha! Couldn't agree more. Though I was so excited pre Glastonbury, I found myself nearly saying 3 more sleeps. It's insidious and for that reason should be banned. YANBU.

YANBU

Yabu

Don't be such a killjoy!

No more sleeps till YABU!

I wondered where this had come from. Some of my FB friends use it - "X sleeps to holiday" or similar. I know what they mean but it seems a bit twee, like something a four-year-old would say in the run-up to Christmas.

Dud?

I use it.

Don't know why though.

fine for children but adults who say it are twats.

I think it's twee and wouldn't use it. But when I see it written down, I smile, and I couldn't care less. It's a nice phrase- one I personally wouldn't use, but it's just another way of saying the same thing, surely?

I blame the BBC dumbing down the population at large over the years. Every documentary they produce contains information available to the public for years prior presented in a fashion so simplified that nobody with an IQ over 75 could fail to understand.

YABU

YANBU, they are the same kind of people who say hollibobs.

I guess I'm a twat then. And I'm okay with that.

3 sleeps to London, 7 to San Francisco.

It's rubbish in all contexts except maybe in the Muppet Christmas Carol.

I never say hollibobs.

I use it with younger children and do my best to keep it out of everyday language
Kind of like being sleep deprived and rocking a loaf of bread to sleep in Sainsburys, some aspects of being with children creep over into everyday life. Couldn't judge people for it though.

Oooh, Tee, I have 3 sleeps until London too.

Or I suppose I should say 74 hours

I've never heard anyone say holibobs apart from on MN.

YANBU! Fine for kids but adults saying it makes me stabby quite irritated.

I have, and jollibobs too.

I am enjoying irritating you all.

I even have a "how many sleeps to Christmas" app. Would you like me to check it?

Oooh yes, post a link too!

4 sleeps till my husband gets back and I can hand him the children and fuck off to outer Mongolia for a month! (He's been away for months). Sleeps is fine! YABU!! (Draw the line at holibobs though).