# SWI - never a good thing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swi-never-a-good-thing/246423 "2004-05-21T20:24:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swi-never-a-good-thing/246423/41 "2004-05-24T20:30:05Z")
SWH, SWI & SWPMSing all result in about the same thing for me. I’ll buy anything with cheese in it, on it, or near it. During SWPMSing, it helps if it also has 4 days worth of salt in it. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swi-never-a-good-thing/246423/42 "2004-05-24T20:32:18Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > During SWPMSing, it helps if it also has 4 days worth of salt in it. And if it can be eaten while lying down. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swi-never-a-good-thing/246423/43 "2004-05-24T20:52:54Z")
I bought a cat after a night of drinking. My girlfriend-now-wife and I had just moved into an apartment together. We were sitting at the bar one night, when I said “Let’s get a cat.” She, being the sober one, said “It’s 1:45 AM.” Failing to see the logic, I said “Wal-marts open 24 hours. We need a litter box, some litter, a collar, some toys, food, food dishes, a cat bed, scooper, and, and…what else?” She said “Uh, a cat? You’re going to get all this stuff and we don’t even have the cat yet.” “Pipe down woman, we need a scratching post, too. C’mon, I’m driving.” “No, I’m driving,” she said. “And _if I let you_\* get a cat, you take care of all the cleanups.” “Just drive, time’s a-wastin’.” When I woke up in the morning, I had all this stuff and no cat. Guess I had too much invested to NOT get a cat. Hobbes was a fine cat. Unfortunately, we had to take up residence with my wife’s parents a couple years later, and Hobbes has since found a great home. \*The moral of the story? Fellas, when courting a prospective bride, get used to the phrase “If I let you.” You will hear it a lot after the wedding. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swi-never-a-good-thing/246423/44 "2004-05-24T20:53:42Z")
In response to the subject of Funions- > [@Otto](#): > > I wasn’t _that_ drunk. I can’t _get_ that drunk. Then hell, you’re just not trying! Buck up, soldier! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swi-never-a-good-thing/246423/45 "2004-05-24T22:24:55Z")
[screeching halt] > [@Casey1505](#): > > I bought a cat after a night of drinking… Heh. I got my cat and $100 off that month’s rent from the landlady (so she didn’t have to take the kittens to the pound - she adopted a stray, and it gave birth [on her bedspread!] a couple of weeks later). [/screeching halt] And I am reading (SWH shopping while hungry/shopping with husband) as (SWH shopping while high). Eek. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swi-never-a-good-thing/246423/46 "2004-05-24T22:33:04Z")
> [@screech-owl](#): > > And I am reading (SWH shopping while hungry/shopping with husband) as (SWH shopping while high). Eek. Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ! What? 🙂 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swi-never-a-good-thing/246423.md?page=2)