[Rhodes22-list] Fw: Learn something new everyday

[George Stecyk]

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Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 2:54 PM
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 Subject: Learn something new everyday


Ever wonder where the word SHIT comes from?  Well here it 
is:
Certain types of manure used to be transported (as 
everything was years
ago) by ship.
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 byproduct 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 
discovered
what was happening. After that, the bundles of manure were 
always
stamped
with the term "S.H.I.T" on them which meant to the sailors 
to "Ship High In Transit."
In other words, 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.
Bet you didn't know the history of that word.
Neither did I. I always thought it was a golf term.





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