Pat-inCO
Hawkeye
This is a Golf term?
In the 16th and 17th centuries, before the invention of commercial
fertilizer, everything had to be transported by ship. Therefore, 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 "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. 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 golf term.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, before the invention of commercial
fertilizer, everything had to be transported by ship. Therefore, 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 "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. 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 golf term.
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