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Buying things when drunk and/or tired is enjoyable but often random and unsuccessful. If a couple use a joint bank account, online shopping services / auction sites should automatically email or SMS the partner to vet the purchase, or veto it.
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Wait a second... was this one posted by [joeboon] or
[joeboon]'s partner? |
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Wow - five years here. One annotation made in
2006, and one idea posted in 2011. That's what I call
restraint. |
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However, I prefer your other idea. |
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I can see there being a use for this but I hope never to not trust my wifes' discretion enough to need it.
She gets a kick out of my infrequent purchases drunk or otherwise so it's all good. |
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5 years it took you to come up with this. 5 whole
years. Agrees with MaxB. |
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Counterpoint. I say make them live with it. They knew what they were letting themselves in for before they got drunk. |
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// They knew what they were letting themselves in for before they got drunk. // |
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They knew what they were letting themselves in for before they got married. |
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Divorce lawyers would love this. A recipe for spousal strife if ever there was one. |
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Unless one were shopping in a pet store, one's vet would soon get rather a lot of items that they could not use in their professional life treating sick animals. |
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You might be surprised what a resourceful veterinarian can
make use of in his/her trade. On more than one occasion,
my dad has borrowed tools and materials from my welding
shop (this is completely unofficial and off-the-record).
Also, self-adhering medical tape was invented by a
veterinarian, supposedly (though this is likely apocryphal)
by putting strips of dried-up lead-free duct tape in the
microwave to make it wrinkly. |
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What kind of halfbakers are you?? The voice that
makes you place an order with Trebuchets 'R' Us at
2am is your inner halfbaker trying to make itself
heard. |
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Vetting? We don' need no steenking vetting. |
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If your partner has been properly chosen, s/he might
respond to a sensible drunk purchase with, "honey, you
ordered this new pair of slacks at a great discount, but
wouldn't that money have been better spent toward a
trebuchet range-extender kit?" |
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To which you could reply "I've already bought the
extender kit. That's why I bought two pairs of brown
trousers." |
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Hence the value of the Vet/Veto machine, as your
partner would reply, "do not forget that you have two
trebuchets and but a single range-extender kit." |
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I guess T.G.F.J. is the 'right' kind of partner for me (in this
respect as well as all others), because she would
immediately notice the utility of having both short- and
long-ranged siege weapons, thus the needless purchase of
an extraneous aftermarket kit. |
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She would probably nag me about fixing the ballista as
well. |
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Good job you bought that scold's bridle when you were out of your head on moonshine, then. |
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Consider the following scenario. |
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Female parner goes out shopping with her friends, has a few drinks, sees a pair of shose she likes, and goes to buy them |
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Male partner gets text message. He has to choose YES or NO. |
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If he chooses NO: Partner will be angry with him for stopping her buying the shoes she wanted. |
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If he chooses YES: Partner will be angry with him for allowing her to buy the shoes she wanted, because now she can't afford the dress she wants, and he should have known better. |
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Net result: Irrespective of his choice, the man is in trouble. Yet again. |
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What's wrong with this picture ? |
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Nothing's wrong with it. What are you talking about?
It's a completely win-win situation. |
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I believe the spirit of the post may have been (assuming a
heterosexual couple, for point of example) a way for the
female to keep the male from PWI*, because as we all no,
there is no force in heaven or on Earth that will stop a wife
from splurging on a pair of fabulous open-toed wedges. |
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*Purchasing While Intoxicated, a felony crime in most
states and Canada. |
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a bit like the joke where A's spouse B has their credit card stolen and A doesn't call the bank, as the thief is spending much less money than B ever did. |
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//What's wrong with this picture ?// |
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Its uncanny similarity to real life. |
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