> 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....











i m sorry 4 my earlier post(no offence)