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Peter Dingleberry wrote:
: Sorry for all the > - I can't find where I've put that cleaner-upper
: program. I can't verify the accuracy of the information - but it came
: to me in an email, so it "must" be true....
:
:: Ever Wonder where that gloriously descriptive word came from???
::
:: "Store High In Transit"
::
:: In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by
:: ship.
::
:: It was also before commercial fertiliser'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 it was determined
:: just what was happening. After that, the bundles of manure were
:: always stamped with the term "Store High In Transit". Which meant
:: the sailors were 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 but i found out and now
:: you do too.

Well, that was very informative Pete!  I didn't know that's where the word
came from!
<but I do know that chook shit smells dreadful when wet!!>