Three Sheets to the Wind in Taiwan

I love the saying, “three sheets to the wind.” It equates to a good buzz. It is a sailing term; sheets aren't sails, as landlubbers might expect, but ropes (or occasionally, chains). These are fixed to the lower corners of sails to hold them in place. If three sheets are loose and blowing about in the wind then the sails will flap and the boat will lurch about like a drunken sailor. Last night I happened to catch a show called Three Sheets on the FLN channel in which the host Zane Lamprey travels around the world drinking some of the world’s strangest drinks.

The episode happened to be about Taiwan where I had a few drinks myself. I must confess I didn’t try the snake concoctions that Zane did, though if I saw the show before going, I just might have. In fact Zane ended the show at a foot massage place to heal a whopping hangover, it just happened to be at the one I and a few traveling friends went to. It didn’t work as a preventative, but now I know, wait till morning.