To get irritated by this?

[fanjofarrow]

Grown adults who count down to events in ''sleeps''. It winds me right up. My SIL insists on doing this on a regular basis. She is 42 years old.

AAARRRGGHH. It's so twee and annoying. Anyone over the age of 15 who does this in public ought to be the first up against the wall come The Revolution!

*Disclaimer: I know this is not an important issue, just wondered if anyone else finds it irritating? I know IABU.

[fanjofarrow]

*Disclaimer part 2: I don't really want to shoot my SIL.

[killpeppa]

its reminds me of the song in the 'muppets christmas carol'

'after all theres only one more SLEEP to christmas..'

[AgentZigzag]

It's never annoyed me personally, but it's probably the same as me not liking 'how many rounds of toast do you want?', or 'do you want some cereals?'.

No rhyme or reason to it, and I don't hold anything against anyone saying them, they just grate

[Twoandtwomakeschaos]

YANBU. Gets me, too (and I never did it as a child, either).

[Tee2072]

I think it's cute.

When my four year old does it.

[Mintyy]

Yanbu. I hate adults acting like children. Fools!

[urtwistingmymelonman]

I do this when talking to my son about xmas.
it gets him exited and theres nothing wrong with that.
however,if its a conversation going on between two adults then,yeah,its a bit odd.

[fanjofarrow]

And another thing!!

That pathetic ''soooooooo'' thing that Rachel from Friends used to do in the mid-nineties, which everyone and his/her dog immediately started saying, and nobody has stopped since. ''You are soooooo not.'' Drives me round the bleedin' bend!

Time for my medication!

[fanjofarrow]

A change to the rules after twisting's post.

Adults who only count down in ''sleeps'' when talking to small kids will be exempt from being shot come The Revolution.

I know, I'm a generous Evil Overlord/Overlady/whatever.

[AgentZigzag]

YY to the soooo thing too.

[Anniegetyourgun]

The Muppets should be allowed to say "sleeps" then, as they're supposed to be for kids.

[Anniegetyourgun]

I rather like "you are so not being unreasonable", but it is a short "so"; do I get shot?

[AgentZigzag]

'do I get shot?'

Only in the arm Annie

[fanjofarrow]

The Muppets are exempt on account of being Muppets.

Annie, the ''soooo/so'' thing will not lead to shooting, so you are quite safe.

[urtwistingmymelonman]

women who overly pronounce every s should be shot.

[LetsFaceTheMusicAndDance]

I soooo think we need a 'proffers large bar of chocolate and backs away slowly' in the smiley list. Or a Michael Winner 'There, there dear' face (which admittedly would have the opposite effect to the chocolate smiley).

Are you ok OP? Having a bad day?

[fanjofarrow]

twisting Why just the women?

[urtwistingmymelonman]

erm because ive only ever met women who do it.
if I met a fella that did it then he should be shot too.

[NationMcKinley]

Oh I am soooooooo with you in the sleeps department (see what I did there ).

DH and I went out for dinner with some new friends once. All going swimmingly. Until one of the women asked her 'hubby' (there's another trigger) in a baby voice to 'pass the red dippy dip.' I managed to control The Rage and allow her to live but not seen them since

[ShutTheFuckUpBarbara]

Maybe just a Northern thing, but adults referring to their lunch (aka dinner) as " din-dins"

Even my 2 yo DD calls it "lunch" ffs!

[OrchidLass]

Adults referring to something as an 'epic fail'. Fuck right off.

[NationMcKinley]

Any kind of baby talk. A FB friend has recently written that she's "exciterated" that Santa is coming soon Fuck. Off. You are 35 not 3.

[Lavenderhoney]

Red dippy dip? Hubby? Nation, I don't know how you didn't say anything!

[fanjofarrow]

''Red dippy dip''? Oh dear God.

Grown adults who talk in baby voices to other adults definitely need shooting. It's not cute, it's bloody idiotic.

[UriGeller]

If something isn't working. Its BROKEN.

Not "Busterated", "Brokerated", "Busticated" or "Brokened" with a sticky our bottom lip. You know who you are!