Dave Matthews Band (ugh!)

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 28 Aug 2004 7:59 am

This discussion reminds me all over again of one of the reasons why I used my GI Bill to buy a little cottage in the suburbs and get a day job!

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 28 Aug 2004 8:50 pm

Merde Alors!!!

ok, long hose it is.....

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 5 Sep 2004 10:21 am

I'm tellin' ya, there's a fortune to be made here somewheres.... http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/03/britney.trash.ap/index.html

Eric West · Post by **Eric West** » 5 Sep 2004 1:34 pm

Pretty much like all the other Liberal Dumpstercrats.

All the rules and regulations apply to everybody but them, and ____ on everybody else..

EJL

John Pelz · Post by **John Pelz** » 19 Jan 2005 4:30 pm

As Paul Harvey would say, "And that's the rest of the story..."

Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 19 Jan 2005 6:44 pm

Manure - (defined)
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 thought it was a golf term.

Steve Hitsman · Post by **Steve Hitsman** » 20 Jan 2005 5:15 am

That's right, Ken. And when those sailors would dock and visit the red light district they would often be arrested and charged "for unlawful carnal knowledge"...

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 20 Jan 2005 6:26 am

I love that story, Ken. I hope it's true.

Steve Hitsman · Post by **Steve Hitsman** » 20 Jan 2005 7:08 am

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-s-word.htm

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 20 Jan 2005 7:08 am

Steve the search for knowledge is often fraught with peril ...

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 20 Jan 2005 7:52 am

Leave it to S.Hitsman to set the record straight on this...

[This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 20 January 2005 at 07:52 AM.]

Dave Burr · Post by **Dave Burr** » 20 Jan 2005 8:19 am

Jim, You slay me!!!

db

Rick McDuffie · Post by **Rick McDuffie** » 20 Jan 2005 11:14 am

Lots of obscenities are onomontopoetic. That's why they're considered "dirty" words. Think about it.

Steve Hitsman · Post by **Steve Hitsman** » 20 Jan 2005 2:14 pm

You're right about the peril, David. I've been skewered by Cohen!