Anyone watch "Three Sheets?"

What better way to begin a blog than kicking it off with a drinking post?

For any of those who are unfamiliar with the Discover channel television show "Three Sheets," it is hosted by Zane Lamprey who travels around the world sampling drinking customs (mostly), and food that is unique to the culture and region he is traveling. He also engages in any drinking customs that may be prevalent in the culture, and learns a bit about the country's history.

In one episode, Lamprey travels to Wales and learns about some interesting customs of the Welsh.

The term, "pub" comes from "public house," which is where people would gather to settle disputes, and to socialize. In fact, the first pub that Lamprey visited was actually used as a courthouse where people were hanged. Lamprey also learns about the superstitious, "Devil's cup." The theory behind this being that by keeping a cup available to the Devil, it would keep him at bay.

Next, Lamprey travels to Mumbles, Wales. Mumbles gets it's name from the Welsh word referring to a woman's chest, or "boobs," quite simply. Upon looking at Mumbles from afar, it is not hard to imagine how it got that name. In Mumbles, Lamprey embarks on the "Mumbles mile pub crawl," a local beer drinking challenge. The goal is to stop at ten specific pubs along a mile long walk and have a drink in each pub. It is helpful to mention that in the United Kingdom, a pint is 20 oz, as opposed to 16 oz in the states.

After a night of drinking, Lamprey goes to breakfast for a "hangover cure" breakfast of cockles and lava bread, the traditional Welsh breakfast. Cockles is shellfish, and lava bread is a mixture of seaweed and oatmeal. Though Lamprey enjoys the breakfast, he mentions that it was not an efficient cure for a hangover.