Fwd: Something you might not know!

True or False, I am sure one of my buddies who has more time to check it out will confirm it's authenticity, in

any case makes for a reasonable explanation of where the SHIT really began ..... meanwhile I am going to blithely

send this on !!!!!

One wonders if this is true.  Guess it could be bonifide.

 >>Subject: Something you might not know!
>>
>>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
>>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 had always thought it was a golf term
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True or False, I am sure one of my buddies who has more time to check it out
will confirm it's authenticity, in
any case makes for a reasonable explanation of where the SHIT really began .....
meanwhile I am going to blithely
send this on !!!!!

One wonders if this is true. Guess it could be bonifide.

>>Subject: Something you might not know!
>>
>>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
>>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 had always thought it was a golf term
>

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