What do „Swish” and „Uno” have in common?

Uno Swish Crew!

It was a night where you could play out of turn, if you had the same exact card as the one that was just put on the pile.  Oh, and yes you could do this only if you said the word, “Swish,” as you laid down the card.  If you didn’t say “Swish” then you had to pick up two cards.  However, if you were the next person and laid the exact same card and then said “Swish” you were only playing the next play and not really “Swishing” so you also had the “honor” to pick up two cards as well.  What????  Oh, and yes, if you laid down the card “0” you could exchange cards with someone else, even someone who just called out “Uno”!  Yes, the game is a bit crazy and called “Uno Swish”!  

The room at Sweet Surrender where we met was filled with the words “Swish” and “Uno!” but also a few groans were heard as rules were broken and 2 cards were given or WILD-DRAW 4, REVERSE, SKIP or DRAW 2 cards found their way to the pile -  quite often more than one in a row.  It was an evening of laughter and getting to mix it up a bit with people from other countries as we had people joining us from Australia, Austria, England, Germany, Norway, Poland and the USA.  Not bad for a gathering in a café in Poland!