S.h.i.t.
09-09-2002, 02:36 PM
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S.h.i.t.
OK, how many of you Swabies or fishing / pontoon boat owners knew this?
Ever wonder where the word "****" comes from. Well, here it is:
Certain types of manure used to be transported (as everything was back then)
by ship. In dry form it weighs a lot less, 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 discovered what was
happening. After that, the bundles of manure where always stamped with the
term "S.H.I.T" on them which meant to the sailors to "Ship High In Transit."
In other words, high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came
into the hold would not touch this cargo and start the production of
methane.
Rapido
(Sound like Bull **** to Me)
Ever wonder where the word "****" comes from. Well, here it is:
Certain types of manure used to be transported (as everything was back then)
by ship. In dry form it weighs a lot less, 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 discovered what was
happening. After that, the bundles of manure where always stamped with the
term "S.H.I.T" on them which meant to the sailors to "Ship High In Transit."
In other words, high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came
into the hold would not touch this cargo and start the production of
methane.
Rapido
(Sound like Bull **** to Me)
