THE WAY I SEE IT 'E' MAGAZINE
THE WAY I SEE IT "E" MAGAZINESomething For Everyone By Joan
A Touch Of Trivia
July, 2010
When people ask what you learned today ...
Manure... An interesting fact
Manure : In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything
had to be transported by ship and it was also
before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large
shipments of manure were quite common.
It was shipped dry, because in dry form it
weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water
(at sea) hit it, not only did it become heavier,
but the process of fermentation began again,
of which a by product is methane gas of course.
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 instruction ' Stow 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 gas.
Thus evolved the term ' S.H.I.T ' ,
(Stow 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.
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