posted 10-08-2004 09:43 AM         

In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be
transported by ship and
it was also before commercial fertilizer's
invention, so 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 " , (Ship High In
Transport) 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 thought it was a Golf Term

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