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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Back Room => : JOHNNY QUEST May 28, 2009, 01:35:28 PM
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(http://../jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-cool.gif)Manure ... An interesting fact
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Manure: In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had
to be transported by ship and it was also before
commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments of manure were common.
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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!
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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 term 'Ship
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.
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Thus evolved the term ' S.H..I.T ' , (Ship High In
Transit) which has come down through the centuries and
is in use to this very day.
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You probably did not know the true history of this
word. (http://../jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-undecided.gif)
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wow. thats pretty amazing. i never thought of it that way. i just thought it stood for South Harmon Institue of Technology.
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Thats some interesting *_*_*_*_*_* right there...
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Sorry to say....it's not true. Went to http://www.snopes.com and checked it out....nice story though. On a side note....I always thought the "middle finger" story was true too....not so also.
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No *_*_*_*_*_*e! I did a look, too, when my father in law sent me that as an email yesterday. (Wonder how many people got the same thing???) The site I found said researchers have concluded the middle finger probably dates back to pre-historic times. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. (Of course, if it does get broke, set it.)
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Thanks Randall,
I have known how many uses manure has had over the years, and still is important in many cultures, but I have never heard "The Whole Story" !!
Thanks !
Bill
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Man, I almost fell for that s...!
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A prime example of revisionist history....
Everybody knows that it is really "Special High Intensity Training"
That's when they send you to 'Charm School' to keep you from infrenging on other peoples rights. Which by the way, are a moving target.