In a thread about the jake walk paralysis caused by drinking jamaica ginger, Dale Rose posted an interesting link related to moonshine:The stuff Jim referred to in his first post sounds a bit like some homemade distilled liquor that a Sri Lankan friend of mine offered me years ago. It was colourless. I think it was some form of arrack - if that's how it is spelt - and I believe it was made from rice. We drank some three-quarters of a bottle between us over an evening. I returned home feeling fine. However, in the middle of the night, I went to the kitchen and drank a large glass of water. The return journey to the bedroom had to be on my hands and knees because I was unable to walk!
--Stewie.