To think that people who say "sleeps" are

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

Plus adults using it. Ew

I say get ups. :)

I say get up stand up strutyourfunkystuff

It's ok for children to use it, but grown women sound daft using it.

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

The muppets are the only reasonable acception in my book...

So you can be rude and judgemental but I'm not allowed to be cross?

What colour is the sky in your world? Is it nice there? How many sleeps until you come back to where the rest if us live?*

*Once again, abusing sarcasm.

Yes. YABU.

Next?

How can you explain days? A day doesn't begin until you've had a sleep.

Does napping and insomnia affect the sleep counting process?

YANBU

I say it to the dc, we also count days. If i was talking to another adult I'd say days (I think)

I said hollibobs IRL the other day my mum and me were mimicking a really snobby woman we know (childish) and I said that I bet she has hollibobs. Mum couldn't stop laughing, and keeps saying it to me now

Quite right OP!

they should say 'sneeps' instead. Much cuter.

4 more sneeps.

Sneeps.

Waffly, still a legend.

Nope YANBU, far better to say Sleepy-bow-bows, much more grown-up.

My DS does not "get" days. He has developmental delay and it is the only way I can get him to understand.

OP you are BU.

Yanbu! I loathe it when it's used speaking to children, even more so when adults use it about their/your activities.

like fakebook.

sleeps is the only way my two , esp ds2 understands day.

a day ends with a sleep.

if it makes you feel better i do say, for example. two more days, which is 2 sleeps.

YANBU...I loathe the Facebook status, '4 more sleeps until I see my man' urgh. fuck off

DD says it and it makes me bitter as DD2 doesn't sleep, therefore for DD1 2 days = 2 sleeps and for me 2 days = 1 sleep

It is cute from a 6 year old, from an adult nauseating. Hollibobs sayers should be shot.

Sleeps - fine
Holibobs - not fine

ha ha. Yes i have an old school friend on FB who says things like "3 more sleeps til me and my hubs/bestie go on hollibobs."