Useless Fact Of The Day

[Peadar]

Manure:

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 Transit) 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.

[Dublin12]

:rolleyes: ,open the window,there's a smell off this thread :rolleyes:

[Iorfa]

Bull Ship High In Transit

[Lionel Ritchie]

Useless fact no.2

it is estimated that if Bill Gates kept all his money in dollar bills under his mattress -he would sleep 14 miles off the ground. :)

[paul_oshea]

Thus evolved the term "S.H.I.T”, (Ship High In Transit) which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.


tahts a load of crap.

rodge: "podge did you hear about the farmers selling 40,000 tones of manure to the aliens"

podge: "thats an awful lot of ****e!"

lionel if he had it in 20 dollar bills how many miles high could he sleep?

[sligoman]

Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first US President whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal". William Jefferson Clinton is the 2nd.
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[Lionel Ritchie]

lionel if he had it in 20 dollar bills how many miles high could he sleep?

roughly I'd say about 1.4285714 miles ;)

[tiktok]

Ah Peadar, you were caught out

http://www.etymonline.com/baloney.php ;)

[Lionel Ritchie]

roughly I'd say about 1.4285714 miles ;)

which would be hopelessly wrong. 0.7miles surely

[paul_oshea]

ya you were getting over excited tehre, you divided by 10 instead of 20.

[Peadar]

Ah Peadar, you were caught out

Spoil sport! ;)

[sligoman]

Thus evolved the term "S.H.I.T”, (Ship High In Transit)

So what about the word S.H.I.T.E? What did the E stand for then? Your suggestions welcome please :D

[John83]

****?

I've heard
COP = Constable On Patrol
POSH = Port Out, Starboard Home
and
GOLF = Gentelmen Only, Ladies Forbidden

I've met people who will swear that they're sure that these are true. I've also read very convincing and well-researched articles rubbishing same. What's the story with these bullship (sorry) explanations? Is there some gob****e out there who makes this stuff up as a hobby before forwarding it to to most gullible people he knows?

[Peadar]

I've heard

Someone was telling me that there was something like
Forced
Unconsentual
Carnal
Knowledge

[John83]

Someone was telling me that there was something like
Forced
Unconsentual
Carnal
Knowledge
Indeed, and Fornication Under the Consent of the King. All ******.

[noby]

Someone was telling me that there was something like
Forced
Unconsentual
Carnal
Knowledge


Which was also dismissed on tiktok's link. All of these, I would imagine, are a sort of reverse acronym. The word came first.

The origins of "the f word" go way back. Long before someone even dared to write it, (way before Roddy Doyle) historians reckon versions of the word were used. My factual memory isn't the best, but I'm sure you could look it up.

Going back to the original point, since the dawn of time man has been taking dump. You'd think they'd have a word for it before the 1700's.

[Gareth]

I heard it was Full Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.

And it was stamped on files of soldiers during combat who commited acts of sexually abuse on people.

[sligoman]

I heard it was: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

[ThatGuy]

It's all nonsense lads!

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-s-word.htm

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-f-word.htm

[hamish]

My mate Mork sent me these anagrams:

Dormitory.........dirty room
Presbyterian........Best in prayer
Astronomer..........Moon starer
Desperation.........A rope ends it
The eyes............They see
George Bush........He bugs Gore
The Morse Code.......Here come dots
Slot Machines...........Cash lost in me
Animosity..................Is no amity
Election results.........Lies lets recount
Mother in law.............Woman Hitler
Snooze alarms.........Alas No more zs
A decimal point.......Im a dot in place
The earthquales......That queer shake
Eleven plus two........Twelve plus one
President Clinton of the USA..........To copulate he finds interns.