Is it only thick people who measure the time until future events in terms of 'number of sleeps'?

This, along with screenshots of holiday countdown clocks, can take a running jump.

Burglars invitation.
 
First time I heard the phrase was when Craig Philips said it back in the very first Big Brother.
 
RichDuffy said:
I don't like the phrase, but I've got used to hearing it. Similarly to the way it seems mandatory for all northerners to refer to London as "That London" these days.

Plus, it allows the joke of reminding my fellow insomniacs that it's only 3 more sleeps till Christmas.

Which people find funny.

Well, children.

Well, some of them.

Okay, there was one.

Okay, he was laughing AT me, but he still laughed. :P
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As a northerner myself this is the first time I've heard of "That London" as a phrase.
 
While I don't like the phrase, it is actually a lot more unambiguous than the number of "days" until something.

Like if I'm doing something on Thursday, how many days is it?

For example, on Friday morning I might count the current day because you've still got that entire day to go. So I'd say 7 days until my thing on Thursday.

On Friday evening before I go to sleep I might not choose to count Friday because it has "passed", so only 6 days to go.

But both those number assume I'm counting the day the event is ON as well, as it's literally only 5 days UNTIL Thursday.

So yeah, counting the number of "sleeps" until something happens sounds like it's for mums or children, but it's a number that isn't ambiguous and easily understood (regardless of whether you "sleep" on Christmas eve :p)

Will I use it when I talk to a work college about arranging downtime for a server? No.

Will I use it when I talk to my girlfriend about how long until we go on holiday? Probably.
 
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It is based on the flawed concept that people only sleep once every 24 hours. I know plenty of people who like to nap during the day. Furthermore, these people may not nap on a regular basis and, conversely, non-nappers might go a bit wild on the pop and need and unexpected nap to see off a particularly bad hangover.

It is a useless expression.
 
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