Guest Paniolo Cowboy SASS #75875 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Manure: An Interesting Historical Fact! In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship. It was also before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common. It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, not only was it heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by-product is methane gas. As the cargo 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, bundles of manure were stamped with the instruction “Stow 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 vessel would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane. Thus evolved the term "S.H.I.T" (Stow High In Transit) 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. Well, neither did I. According to Nickle Jim, my father-in-law, he thought it was a SASS shooting term! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Logan #12252 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I think I'll ask Click n Clack bout this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Logan #12252 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 they said Shit. Shite. Merde. The "S" word. The other word for "Crap" scheisse is the German word for it. Also known as Shyste scheisse! This piece of scheisse computer won't work. Oh well. I have to go and take a scheisse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 It was the first word my father said after he had his stroke. The nurses said that was actually pretty common in stroke patients... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Fun story, but it is not true according to the fact check sites. The word originates from the German word schite, which meant dung. The word has been in literature at least since the 1300s. Now you are a schite expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paniolo Cowboy SASS #75875 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Fun story, but it is not true according to the fact check sites. The word originates from the German word schite, which meant dung. The word has been in literature at least since the 1300s. Now you are a schite expert. Oh Schite! You mean it's not true! Imagine that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foul Mouth Frank Shutz Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 they said Shit. Shite. Merde. The "S" word. The other word for "Crap" scheisse is the German word for it. Also known as Shyste scheisse! This piece of scheisse computer won't work. Oh well. I have to go and take a scheisse. SHITEs, also experts in the subject of explosives, as the Marines found out in Beruit in the 1980s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtwater Doc 17941 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 It's my wife's nickname for me...as in "Oh, S**t you're home already?" But she still loves me. DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Good story even if not true. Makes me wonder about Fornication Under Consent of the King.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I believe that is "for unlawful carnal knowledge" And, that is also a sure way to get to bite down on a bar of soap when you are a kid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 'funny unadulturated caddy kisses'....... .....no, I guess not. GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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