‘I check which bins the neighbours have out’: Witty twitter thread reveals ‘awfully British’ bedtime routines – including listening to Tom Hardy on CBeebies and sneaking up first so your partner has to lock up
- Twitter users revealed their ‘ awfully British bedtime routines’ in a viral thread
- The amusing answers were shared to the social media platform this week
- One woman admitted her routine involved watching Tom Hardy on CBeebies
Twitter users have revealed their ‘awfully British bedtime routines’ in a viral thread – from watching Tom Hardy on CBeebies to checking which bins their neighbours have out.
The amusing answers were shared to the social media platform this week, as Britons across the nation shared their similar nighttime practices.
Using the hashtag #awfullybritishbedtimeroutines, one person admitted: ‘Going upstairs… looking forward to the freshly washed bedding you did earlier and realising you’ve not put it back on yet.’
While another said: ‘I let Tom Hardy read me a bedtime story, as a third added: ‘Sneaking up first so you don’t have to switch everything off and let the dog out for a wee.’
Here, FEMAIL selects some of the best examples shared online…
Twitter users have revealed their ‘awfully British bedtime routines’ in a viral thread. One person admitted: ‘Going upstairs… looking forward to the freshly washed bedding you did earlier and realising you’ve not put it back on yet’
Using the hashtag #awfullybritishbedtimeroutines, another said (above): ‘I let Tom Hardy read me a bedtime story.’ The popular actor has previously featured on CBeebies Bedtime Stories
One British man explained that most people in the UK will check the doors multiple times and will only be satisfied that they’re locked with a ‘gentle shake of the handles’
One husband suggested most couples will turn to their partner and say: ‘He’ll never sell any ice creams at that speed’ after hearing a fire engine go past their bedroom windows
This person said: ‘Slapping your knees and saying “right, better go to bed then”‘ before staying up for a further two hours featured heavily in their bedtime routines
Trying to avoid having to switch off everything and let the pets out also featured many times on the Twitter thread today (above)
This post explained how most Britons promise not to binge more Netflix episodes when heading to bed, but more often than not, fail completely at keeping their pledge
Even once we’ve double checked the door is locked, some people will still head to bed wondering whether it’s bolted
‘Checking to see what colour bins the neighbours have put out then doing the same,’ wrote one Briton when responding to the viral thread
This woman suggested that a lot of Britons would work out exactly how many hours and minutes sleep they would get if they went to sleep right then
This person admitted that they often went to bed frustrated after thinking about better responses to use during arguments