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In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship. It
was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments of
manure were common. It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot
less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became
heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by-product
is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see
what could and did happen. Methane began to build up below decks, and the
first time someone came below at night, with a lantern, BOOOOM!!!

Several ships were destroyed in this manner before the cause was determined.
After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term," Ship
High In Transit" which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the
lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this
volatile cargo and start the production of methane. Thus evolved the term
"S.H.I.T," which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this
very day.

You probably did not know the true history of this word. Neither did I. I
always thought it was a fishing term

Now You Know! Joe McIntosh

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 03:26:15 GMT, "Joe McIntosh"
wrote:

In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship. It
was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments of
manure were common. It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot
less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became
heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by-product
is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see
what could and did happen. Methane began to build up below decks, and the
first time someone came below at night, with a lantern, BOOOOM!!!

Several ships were destroyed in this manner before the cause was determined.
After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term," Ship
High In Transit" which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the
lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this
volatile cargo and start the production of methane. Thus evolved the term
"S.H.I.T," which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this
very day.

No ****?
TC,
R

Maxius stercus bovis- the word is older than that. "Well, clever as that
all is, etymologists everywhere must be holding their noses right about
now...." You can read the rest here.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-s-word.htm

Actullay the word originate from an older word "Satan", it's all here in
the "On Line Etymology Dictionary"
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=s&p=18

Sounds like a sea story to me. Do you know the difference between a sea
story and a fairy tale?

"Joe McIntosh" wrote in message
...
In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship.
It
was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments of
manure were common. It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a
lot
less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became
heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a
by-product
is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see
what could and did happen. Methane began to build up below decks, and the
first time someone came below at night, with a lantern, BOOOOM!!!

Several ships were destroyed in this manner before the cause was
determined.
After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term," Ship
High In Transit" which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off
the
lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this
volatile cargo and start the production of methane. Thus evolved the term
"S.H.I.T," which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this
very day.

You probably did not know the true history of this word. Neither did I. I
always thought it was a fishing term

Now You Know! Joe McIntosh

"Joe McIntosh" wrote in message
...
In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship.
It
was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments of
manure were common. Thus evolved the term
"S.H.I.T," which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this
very day.
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I love this everything I see it. Keep 'em coming Joe! Last time it was a
golf term.

Well, clever as that all is, etymologists everywhere must be holding their
noses right about now. According to my dictionary, the word "****" is much
older than the 1800s, appearing in its earliest form - before 1,000 A.D. -
as the Old English verb scitan. That's confirmed by lexicographer Hugh
Rawson in his bawdily informative book, "Wicked Words" (New York: Crown,
1989), where it is further noted that the expletive is a distant relative of
words like science, schedule and shield. They all derive from the
Indo-European root skei-, meaning "to cut" or "to split." For most of its
history "****" was spelled "****e" (and sometimes still is,
euphemistically), but the modern spelling of the word can be found in texts
dating as far back as the mid-1700s. It most certainly did not originate as
an acronym.

Chris