I wanna share you this intersting story, a friend sent to me in the e-mail
so i hope that you will enjoy it;)
In the 16th and 17th centuries, before the invention of commercial
fertilizer, everything had to be transported by ship. Therefore, 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," 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 i hope that you will enjoy it;)
In the 16th and 17th centuries, before the invention of commercial
fertilizer, everything had to be transported by ship. Therefore, 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," 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.
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