Joke

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S.H.I.T.

In the 16th century, most everything
was transported by ship and it
was also before the invention of
commercial fertilizer, so large
shipments of manure were common.

It was shipped dry, because it
weighed less but once water hit it,
the
fermentation began which produced
methane gasses a by product.  The
manure was stored in bundles below
deck and once wet with sea
water, the methane gas began to
build up.  The first time someone
came
below at night with a lantern
................BOOOOOM!!!!


Several ships were destroyed in this
manner before it was determined
just what had happened.
Afterwards, the bundles of manure
were stamped with the term “Ship
HIgh In Transit” which directed
the crew to stow it in the upper
decks so that any water that came
into the hold would not reach this
volatile cargo and produce the
explosive gas.

Thus evolved the term “S.H.I.T.”
(Ship High In Transit) which has come
down through the centuries
and is still in use today.  You
probably did not know the true
history
of this word.

Well neither did I.  I always
thought it was a golf term!

[jdepape]

And GOLF came from a sign over the door to an early golf club in Scotland where it stood for:

<b>Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden</b>

And another popular one - came from the days when prostitutes in London would be arrested and charged for plying their trade. When writing up the charges, the police would write <b>For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge</b>, which was then shortened to, well, you know.

And one I just read about the other day could apply to our new grain marketing world. Apparently, Yahoo! stands for

<b>You Always Have Other Options</b>