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>History of a famous word>
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. > >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, " (Ship High In
Transport) 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 a golf term.