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Started by Peter Dingleberry
Thu, 06 Feb 2003 11:37
Store High In Transit
Author: Peter Dingleberry
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 11:37
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 11:37
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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.
Re: Store High In Transit
Author: Granny
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 12:31
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 12:31
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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!!>
Re: Store High In Transit
Author: Skyrider
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 20:37
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 20:37
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On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 23:31:42 +1100, "Granny" <granny71@hotmail.com> wrote: > > >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!!> Origins (other than the physical) :)) Middle English shitten, probably from Old English -sciten (as in besciten, covered with excrement), past participle of *scitan. Skyrider -- Visit the Online Dictionary of Playground Slang, and leave *your* favourites! http://www.odps.org
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