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.

If we use it, we should know where it comes from. Yellow_Flash_Colorz_PDT_02

lol Good work there man.

Where did you get this infomation??Yellow_Flash_Colorz_PDT_25

And why take the time to look it up?? Yellow_Flash_Colorz_PDT_30

So how did shit become a bad word? who decided that?

So where did the word F*CK come from?

There are many theories as to the origin of the word F*CK, most of them are wrong, and the ones that aren’t wrong, aren’t right either. The word is one of those words that has no concrete history...

The word has German, Dutch, Swedish and Norwegian roots from words meaning copulate, penis etc.

But the incorrect urban legends about its origin are way more interesting.

The story goes that the word comes from an acronym of either For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge or Fornication Under Consent of the King. In both versions, there were apparently laws governing when and with whom you could have sex...

Urban legend 1 - In ancient England a person could not have sex unless they had consent of the King. When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, who gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had "F*CK" (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it.

Urban legend 2 - The word was an acronym for the words 'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge'. "F*CK" was written on the stocks that held prostitutes because For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge was too long to go on the stocks.

It came to me in an email, so I did not spend any time "looking it up" Yellow_Flash_Colorz_PDT_31

that shit is great lol..

Well, why not ask your friend why he felt like lloking i up Yellow_Flash_Colorz_PDT_25


And Russian, How did you get all that information??Yellow_Flash_Colorz_PDT_21

I checked Durango's email and it was there. so i decided to post it here for you guys Yellow_Flash_Colorz_PDT_02

Why do you ask so many questions?

Why not theres never a dumb question only dumb anwsers.

because im not the smartest person and is reallly nosy

The word "F*CK" originated when the british and french were at war in the middle ages. The british would use bows made from a type of wood called "yew," and when captured by the french, the hostages would have their middle digit removed so that they could no longer "pluck yew." Over time, the phrase has degraded to "F*CK you," and presenting the middle finger with that connotation is a reference to the inability of british captives to fire their bows.

MAybe, there are alot of myths and stories about that word

i think the concensus is that this is where the phrase came from. I thought the French would raise their middle finger to insult the Brits to because of this.