Manure
04-19-2010, 02:27 PM
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Manure
A friend just send me this and I thought I'd share it:
Manure : In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common.
It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, not only did it become heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a bye-product is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can imagine 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 it was determined just what was happening
After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the instruction ' Stow high in transit ' on them, 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.
& nbsp;
Thus evolved the term 'S.H.I.T', (Stow High In Transit) 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 had always thought it was essentially something to do with POLITICIANS... ....
Manure : In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common.
It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, not only did it become heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a bye-product is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can imagine 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 it was determined just what was happening
After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the instruction ' Stow high in transit ' on them, 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.
& nbsp;
Thus evolved the term 'S.H.I.T', (Stow High In Transit) 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 had always thought it was essentially something to do with POLITICIANS... ....
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04-19-2010, 02:43 PM
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learning origins of words/pharses is cool
**** is Fornication Under Consent of the King.
and I like that radar is RAdio Detection And Ranging
two sheets to the wind is fun i used to know some of those weird ones, but i cant remember/care now.
**** is Fornication Under Consent of the King.
and I like that radar is RAdio Detection And Ranging
two sheets to the wind is fun i used to know some of those weird ones, but i cant remember/care now.
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04-19-2010, 05:15 PM
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http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/****.asp
The only fun acronym that's actually true is the San Diego Zoo's monorail, which is called Wgasa.
WGASA = Who Gives A **** Anyway
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04-19-2010, 06:22 PM
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And yes, you do care.
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04-19-2010, 11:57 PM
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A friend just send me this and I thought I'd share it:
Manure : In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common.
It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, not only did it become heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a bye-product is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can imagine 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 it was determined just what was happening
After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the instruction ' Stow high in transit ' on them, 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.
& nbsp;
Thus evolved the term 'S.H.I.T', (Stow High In Transit) 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 had always thought it was essentially something to do with POLITICIANS... ....
Manure : In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common.
It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, not only did it become heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a bye-product is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can imagine 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 it was determined just what was happening
After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the instruction ' Stow high in transit ' on them, 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.
& nbsp;
Thus evolved the term 'S.H.I.T', (Stow High In Transit) 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 had always thought it was essentially something to do with POLITICIANS... ....
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