Awwww bless his iccle Australian socks

It's 132 sleeps till Christmas 

We all talk 'sleeps' in this house - how many sleeps to our holiday, Christmas etc.. When i worked in school we'd always talk of 'how many sleeps till the end of term'. I don't find it a strange turn of phrase TBH.

Me and my brothers are all in our 40s and we all say sleeps for special occasions 

Last year I had a FB Status how many sleeps countdown to the holidays

The staff room is full of "how many sleeps" conversations

Now he is pretending to be a child, how sad.

What did mama Josie say?

We use 'sleeps' as well, sometimes.

I used to use 'Sesame Streets' to denote hours, when my daughter was little.

We use sleeps in our house as well.  Its just a fun way of counting down the days.

Erinp:  I thought you wanted a "Crab eyes and Dave free zone on the forum" ?

I always use sleeps to countdown stuff.

I've always used nights - i.e 5 more nights till.....

I did ask ,but the response was NO ,so Crab eye /Dave threads it is .

I use sleeps as well - don't diss da sleeps       but you can diss John James  

Joins the: 'how many sleeps' club

As an adult I do.

You'd be horrified then to know how many teachers use that phrase. As an adult ..............do you not ever have a bit of fun? i personally see nothing childish in it.

Sleeps reminds me of a Muppet song -- there's only one more sleep till Xmas.
I love the Muppets but personally find the expression a bit weird,

Teachers using that phrase for children as a means for the children to understand time ,completely with you on that.A 24 year old guy using it ,find it very ,well, child like.
Can you imagine having to make a date with him.See you in four sleeps time.

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm no ...................said on a countdown basis in the staffroom day after day.

Maybe ,but not a phrase I hear at work or from my friends that are in the teaching profession.

we always talk like that at school - how many sleeps to half term end of term etc

Would you honestly speak like that out with School?
If your neighbour asks you when you go on holiday?
When is the wedding?.
You would say 5 sleeps time.

Maybe thats it ,Crab eyes mum might be a teacher.

Ah well ..............i'm just saying how it is for me. i wasn't asking for your approval ............i guess we all live different lives.

I always say sleeps. So many sleeps till Birthday, holiday.  I have one more sleep on holiday, then 7 more sleeps till I'm back on hol.

I've only ever known one person talk of 'sleeps' ... and that was when her daughter  was in primary school.

I've never talked 'sleeps'

Sounds a pretty childish way of speaking to me   

I didnt for one minute think you were!!!l

I DO!

It's just a bit of fun isn't it?

sometimes - but some of my colleagues say it all the time - it's just for a laugh  - we  go back after a holiday and we always know when  the next on e is - it's just a stress coping mechanism in a way

Love it ,Can I copy?

I've never used or thought of the term "how many sleeps" before lol. I learn something new every day

Confuses Narcoleptics.

Never heard of it at all..

Never heard of sleeps before.Must be a local thing for local people...