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To: jlallen who wrote (40981)	4/1/2004 11:17:25 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Ship High In Transport > >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 Transport" 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.