Thought for today - 29 April

[AlanHo]

Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?

[andsome]

Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?

It's called getting up to have a pee. :lol:

[Watchful]

I 'slept like a log' ;)

[Irene]

I am a very 'light' sleeper.

Wouldn't it be just great to 'sleep like a baby', with no worries or concerns to disturb our slumber?

[AlanHo]

I 'slept like a log' ;)

I wonder if railway track sleepers - originally made out of logs - is in some way related to the saying

[andsome]

I 'slept like a log' ;)

Did you pee in your nappy then? :lol:

[catgate]

I 'slept like a log' ;)

I wonder if railway track sleepers - originally made out of logs - is in some way related to the saying

It's doubtful. They don't get up every couple of hours.

[Watchful]

I 'slept like a log' ;)

I wonder if railway track sleepers - originally made out of logs - is in some way related to the saying

It's doubtful. They don't get up every couple of hours.

I think that's probably right catgate....where the saying comes from as they also call the log-shaped road-humps, 'sleeping policemen.'

[rong]

Aren't sleeping policemen named after the fact that most policemen are rather portly and seam to spend most of the day sleeping rather than catching villains.

[Watchful]

Aren't sleeping policemen named after the fact that most policemen are rather portly and seam to spend most of the day sleeping rather than catching villains.

That could be true for some :D

[Gandalph]

Aren't sleeping policemen named after the fact that most policemen are rather portly and seam to spend most of the day sleeping rather than catching villains.

That could be true for some :D

It's true for the vast majority around here. They couldn't catch cold if it were staring them in the face. :D