# A good reason not to get drunk **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866 "2005-04-30T15:50:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/1 "2005-04-30T15:50:02Z")
I was hanging out with a friend, waiting to go to a party. He and another friend had gone to a party the night before, and ‘The Big Mick’ got legless. We went out to lunch, and there was a slurred message on the answerphone. Friend 1 called him back. He’s not going to the party. Seems he was sleepwalking, and went into his son’s room and pissed on the kid’s toys. In front of his mother-in-law. They’d tried to wake him, but he held out a finger and said, ‘Shhhhh!’ On the surface, this scene is pretty funny. Maybe I can write it into a script. But Jesus sitting alone eating a Big Mac! IRL it’s not funny at all! What kind of ‘message’ is that to send to a little boy? I didn’t go to the party, but Friend 1 did. I called him and he said he wasn’t staying because there were underage people drinking and he didn’t want to be involved. ---
**Author:** ![Improbability](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/2 "2005-04-30T17:12:39Z")
My uncle did that one night when he was drunk in my parents’ house; he came into my room and peed into a vase I had there. My mum was really annoyed. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/3 "2005-04-30T18:56:11Z")
Ha! A friend of mine told me about her uncle-he was sleepwalking one night…and ended up peeing on his sleeping parents! ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/4 "2005-04-30T19:47:04Z")
In relaed news: “The other night, I got so drunk I wet the bed of some girl I didn’t even know. I wasn’t sleeping, I just stood there and pissed on it.” Good thing that wasn’t me. :: looks around :: Yes. Definitely not me. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/5 "2005-04-30T19:49:50Z")
The worst thing I’ve ever done while drunk is laughed loudly and probably inappropriately while walking home. Neener neener. 😛 Oh, and “Jesus sitting alone eating a Big Mac!” is my new favourite epithet, ever. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/6 "2005-04-30T19:51:15Z")
An alcoholic uncle of mine once parked his car in front of a neighbor’s house, went inside and crashed in the neighbor’s bed. They were in the living room, watching TV and my uncle walked past them without being aware they were there. The neighbor’s were good people and let him sleep it off. That episode scared my uncle into quitting his drinking cold turkey. He stayed sober for the next thirty years or so before falling off the wagon again. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/7 "2005-04-30T19:56:45Z")
When I was in high school, a girl once told a story about sleepwalking and urinating in her dishwasher. I didn’t ask for details. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/8 "2005-04-30T19:59:47Z")
According to my mom, my dad took a shit in a drawer once. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/9 "2005-04-30T20:52:13Z")
When I was a baby, my dad was about to mistake my cot for the toilet. My mum found him in time. He told me he didn’t get drunk for about 10 years after that. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/10 "2005-04-30T21:16:50Z")
I left out the part about my drunk uncle pissing the neighbor’s bed. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/11 "2005-04-30T22:34:05Z")
On New Year’s Eve I had a lot to drink. When I got home, I went straight to bed. The next morning my fiancee wanted to know what the hell my problem was the night before. I guess that I walked into her walkin closet, started throwing clothes around, dropped my boxers, and started to squat. Luckily she woke up in time to yell at me to go to the _actual_ bathroom, not the drunkard’s bathroom for the blacked out. I remember none of this. However, I did manage to find a belt that she had been looking for for some time. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/12 "2005-05-01T02:39:02Z")
How many drinks do these people HAVE? I can’t even do that kind of stuff when I slam 12 ounces of Bombay Sapphire!cause I pass out ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/13 "2005-05-01T02:50:12Z")
> [@Eleusis](#): > > According to my mom, my dad took a shit in a drawer once. I would hope that if my mom had knowledge of my dad shitting in a drawer, that she would never ever tell me. E3 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/14 "2005-05-01T16:24:40Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Ha! A friend of mine told me about her uncle-he was sleepwalking one night…and ended up peeing on his sleeping parents! And they say Freud’s work is all bunk! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/15 "2005-05-01T16:56:57Z")
Damn this thread has me scared. Apparently I’ve walked into my mother’s room, turned the light on, then walked out. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/16 "2005-05-01T17:00:38Z")
I asked if ‘The Big Mick’ was still ‘in the dog house’. Apparently, he was never in it! Geez, if I were his wife, I’d have clouded up and rained all over him. He’s really lucky to have such an understanding mate. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/17 "2005-05-01T18:00:34Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > How many drinks do these people HAVE? I can’t even do that kind of stuff when I slam 12 ounces of Bombay Sapphire!cause I pass out I have had lots of alcohol and other stuff in me to the point of passing out, but have never lost my ability to mistake any object for a toilet. I mean seriously, how does someone get to that point? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/18 "2005-05-01T18:05:48Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > how does someone get to that point? Drinking lots of alcohol can do that to people. Circumstances vary. You can drink to excess, pass out, and then when you wake up in the morning someone will ask “Why did you [insert odd behaviour here] last night?” And you’ll be just as shocked as those who wonder what makes people do this. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/19 "2005-05-01T21:46:16Z")
Even mild hangovers are enough warning for me not to drink too much. I just never got how some people had to wake up naked on the front lawn to get the idea. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866/20 "2005-05-01T21:55:48Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Oh, and “Jesus sitting alone eating a Big Mac!” is my new favourite epithet, ever. WWJE? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-not-to-get-drunk/301866.md?page=2)