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Something Our Parents Would Say Three Sheets To The Wind · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: Those things, you know, those things your family and friends
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  Speaker 1: start somewhere, right? I mean, who, what, where, why, when,
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  Speaker 1: and how. Some of those old phrases, sayings, and idioms
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  Speaker 1: not only are ancient, but they still carry a very
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  Speaker 1: powerful punch even today. This is something our parents would say.
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  Speaker 1: My name is Arrow. Three sheets to the wind. You
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  Speaker 1: gotta know in your heart, its origin has nothing to
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  Speaker 1: do with alcohol or drug consumption. Three sheets to the
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  Speaker 1: wind is all out the language of the sailor. First
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  Speaker 1: introduced in the 1800s. A sheet isn't a sail. It's
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  Speaker 1: the rope. The very ropes that control the angle of
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  Speaker 1: the sail. If the sheet or rope comes loose, the
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  Speaker 1: sail flaps wildly. Now sailors have always been known for
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  Speaker 1: colorful expressions. One sheet to the wind is something that's unsteady.
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  Speaker 1: Two sheets is noticeably staggering. Three sheets to the wind
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  Speaker 1: is how the men who served as sailors said this
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  Speaker 1: situation is totally out of control. It was Pierce Egan's book,
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  Speaker 1: Real Life in London, that brought the phrase to readers
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  Speaker 1: around the world. Connecting it to drunkenness arrived in the 1900s. Now,
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  Speaker 1: why has it stuck around for so long? Well, it's
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  Speaker 1: because it softens up the subject while adding a little
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  Speaker 1: humor to the situation. Come on, old man, you are
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  Speaker 1: three sheets to the wind. Other ways such play has
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  Speaker 1: been brought to life includes tipsy, buzzed, plastered, loaded, and wasted.
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  Speaker 1: Usually when you aren't feeling any pain, you are pretty
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  Speaker 1: much three sheets to the wind. It's something our parents
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  Speaker 1: would say. My name is Arrow.