Three Sheets To The Wind
Another activity that Southerners are famous (or infamous) for is the excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages. While we think that it is inappropriate to describe any culture as being overly partial to boozing, the fact that a phrase like “three sheets to the wind” exists might give credence to the stereotype. To put it simply, if someone describes you with this phrase, they mean that you are out of control drunk! The line that controls a ship’s sails is called a sheet, and if all three are flailing in the wind, then all three of a large ship’s sails are loose and it has lost control.
Three Sheets To The Wind
Madder Than A Wet Hen
Much of the Southern states’ geography consists of farmlands, and you can be sure that farmers have some hilariously zany phrases. One of the best that we have heard is “madder than a wet hen”, which is a gendered phrase describing a woman that is inconsolably furious. While we have never seen a wet hen, we can only imagine that it would not take kindly to having its feathers ruined by rainfall, and might be prone to pecking a nearby human.
Madder Than A Wet Hen
