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    Talking what a ****

    > In the 16th and 17th centuries, before commercial
    > fertilizer was
    > invented,
    > large shipments of manure were transported by ship.
    > It was shipped in dry bundles because in dry form it
    > weighed a lot less
    > than when wet.
    > But once water hit it at sea, it not only became
    > heavier, but the
    > process of fermentation began,
    > a by-product of which is methane gas. It didn't take
    > long for methane 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
    > somebody figured out
    > what was happening.
    > Once they determined the role that manure played in
    > the explosions,
    > everybody began stamping the bundles with the term
    > "Ship High In Transit,"
    > so that the sailors would know 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.
    > So next time wen u say **** it means this....











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    **** (Ship High In Transit) man !!!!!!!!!

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    I thought it was short for the Special High Intensity Training. If you want this kind of training you need to see your boss and get on the S.H.I.T List
    ddddc

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    so that's what **** is
    The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do.


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