check this s.h.i.t. out

[Mustang]

An interesting fact



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.

I had always thought it was a golf term.

[JetdocX]

See!  THIS is why I read TigerTriple.com.   :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[jmurguia]

Very interesting!?!

Now, if you could teach the us origins of m.i.e.r.d.a. for spanish speakers, I would be truley impressed and grateful!   Thanks ahead of time...

[pit0rz]

I had always thought it was a golf term.

 

[blacktiger]

I had always thought it was a golf term.

A term FOR golf, as a game, more like.

[Bixxer Bob]

I had always thought it was a golf term.

A term FOR golf, as a game, more like.

I thought Golf was called "Swish fcukit"........... :oops:

[rxcoop]

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/shit.asp

[Stretch]

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/shit.asp

Well, shit.

[Mustang]

Well duh ! I can't type that much :shock:  cut and paste it's the internet !

[TigerTrax]

Is that before or after, " I didn't see where it went."

[aeronca]

so it's not a bad word :) . i can use it all the time know.

[TigerTrax]

Chit

Looks like chit.

Smells like chit.

Taste like chit.

Must be chit.

[paulie]

Chit

Looks like chit.

Smells like chit.

Taste like chit.

Must be chit.

reminds me of the cheech n chong bit with the cavemen.. or was that it?

 :lol:

[TigerTrax]

Hear Ye !   Hear Ye!  Hear Ye!

Once again Haley Davidson is 'puttin-on-the-hits' at their
105th Birthday Bash in 'Old Mil'.  Springsteen, Foo Fighters, ??? Grace.
$65 for a ticket to the PARTY.

So while they celebrate their great success....
Triumph is probably dreaming up ANOTHER version of the Speed Triple or
asking themselves ' does our new 1700cc V-Twin look like a big Honda Nighthawk?

We can fight back with a patch that says 106 !
God Save the Queen!  ( But could you give Triumph a Nudge )