| General Chat General chat about anything that doesn't fit in another section here |
08-19-2004, 03:17 PM
|
#1
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Rocky Mountains, Colorado
Posts: 995
|
Origin of "SHIT" !
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 byproduct 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.
|
|
|
|
08-19-2004, 03:21 PM
|
#2
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Texas
Posts: 15,413
|
Funny...
However... this story may be a stinker.. 
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-s-word.htm
I like this little gem...
|
And, finally, the "S.H.I.T." tale is reminiscent of another popular specimen of folk etymology claiming that the F-word (another good, old-fashioned, all-purpose, four-letter expletive) originated as an acronym of "Fornication Under Consent of the King," or, in another variant, "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge." Needless to say, it's all C.R.A.P.
|
|
|
|
|
|
08-19-2004, 03:42 PM
|
#3
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Detroit
Posts: 9,929
|
ok.....
and the real answer is... according to a friends dialects professor
the old english word for out house was 'shit haus' and the shit just stuck. kinda boaring, but a possible truth 
|
|
|
|
|
08-19-2004, 03:49 PM
|
#4
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Bellevue, Washington
Posts: 3,694
|
LOL 
the first one was funnier
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
08-19-2004, 03:54 PM
|
#5
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 4,351
|
OOOOO shit! You almost got us!
|
|
|
|
|
08-21-2004, 01:54 AM
|
#6
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Solihull, UK
Posts: 2,766
|
|
Originally Posted by BADMIHAI
OOOOO shit! You almost got us!
|
Shit happens, dude
__________________
Current: 2008 BMW 118d SE, 2002 Honda S2000, 2007 Honda CBR600RR
Previous: 2003 Z4 3.0i SMG, 1995 Aprilia RS250
|
|
|
|
|
08-21-2004, 12:33 PM
|
#7
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Texas
Posts: 15,413
|
The reactions are some funny shit... ..
|
|
|
|
|
08-21-2004, 10:39 PM
|
#8
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Baltimore, Md
Posts: 2,221
|
actually shit originates from my asshole.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
08-21-2004, 11:14 PM
|
#9
|
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: VA, Norfolk.
Posts: 833
|
I thought it originates from my asshole too atleast we all have something in common
__________________
"No poor dumb bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."-Patton WW2
|
|
|
|
|
08-22-2004, 02:12 AM
|
#10
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Toronto
Posts: 4,252
|
does anyone know were the word fuck comes from?
i heard it was used in old british law, but i don't know what for?
i know the middle finger comes from. when english long bow men were captured or walked by a french soldier they would show the middle finger, as if they were never captured by the french because the french would cut off the fingers of the long bow men they had captured,
can anyone confim these or have any other ones?
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
08-23-2004, 02:38 AM
|
#11
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Philippines
Posts: 336
|
nice story dude. almost fell for it.
|
|
|
|
|
08-23-2004, 04:53 AM
|
#12
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Toronto
Posts: 4,252
|
my story or the one about SHIT?
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
08-23-2004, 07:59 AM
|
#13
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Sardegna - Italy
Posts: 1,029
|
LOL this is funny
__________________
Fabio
|
|
|
|
|
08-23-2004, 04:28 PM
|
#14
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Baltimore, Md
Posts: 2,221
|
i heard the middle finger one on the history channel so ill believe that.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
08-24-2004, 02:14 AM
|
#15
|
|
Regular User
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Philippines
Posts: 336
|
|
Originally Posted by toronto
my story or the one about SHIT?
|
the SHITty one. 
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
