S**T - where'd it come from?

[turtlespeed 226]

I looked but, if you search for "shit" on these forums, you would be surprised where it takes you.

I thought this would be informative.

Exciting Historical information you need to know about:
In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by
ship.
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. Unfortunately, once water (at sea) hit it, it
not only became heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of
which a byproduct 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 phrase "Ship High In Transit" which meant for the sailors to
stow them 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 acronym term "S.H.I.T," 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.
In fact, I always thought it was a golf term.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[dzdiva 7]

No shit?!

"It's not just a daydream if you choose to make it your life..."

[samhussey 0]

You learn something new every day. I for one feel richer for this knowledge, and intend to spread it far and wide. (The knowledge that is...)

[turtlespeed 226]

Gives a whole new meaning to "dung bombs".

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[ACMESkydiver 0]

Shit Turtle, you have wayyyyy too much time on your hands, man...

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[samhussey 0]

Beware, you may be giving ideas to belligerent parties against the US! I can see it now.... "Al Quaeda blamed for shower of faeces in New York Harbour. Reportedly they were tipped off on the explosive properties of manure on a popular skydiving site....."

[jerry81 10]

Well, Snopes says this is the true history of the word;

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The word shit entered modern English language derived from the Old English nouns scite and the Middle Low German schite, both meaning "dung," and the Old English noun scitte, meaning "diarrhea." Our most treasured cuss word has been with us a long time, showing up in written works both as a noun and as a verb as far back as the 14th century.

Scite can trace its roots back to the proto-Germanic root skit-, which brought us the German scheisse, Dutch schijten, Swedish skita, and Danish skide. Skit- comes from the Indo-European root skheid- for "split, divide, separate," thus shit is distantly related to schism and schist.
(If you're wondering what a verb root for the act of separating one thing from another would have to do with excrement, it was in the sense of the body's eliminating its waste -- "separating" from it, so to speak. Sort of the opposite of today's "getting one's shit together.")

Not entirely unrelated pondering: What would happen if someone was to light a match on a load full of nervous newbies and tandems, say about three minutes before jumprun?

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[dzdiva 7]

LMFAO!!!

"It's not just a daydream if you choose to make it your life..."

[n2skdvn 0]

Snopes!!!

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
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[turtlespeed 226]

Maybe so . . . but mine was much funnier!

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[MyOwnWay 0]

well, shit, i think i've heard that somewhere before.

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[turtlespeed 226]

you're shittin' me.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[gmanpilot 0]

I shit you not.

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[lawrocket 3]

Yes, this is a more accurate description of it. Cuss words actually came from the Germanic based Old English. When the William the Conqueror invaded England in 1066 and conquered it, Middle English was formed by blending French and Old English.

The class system developed, and the old english way of saying things was bad, while the French was was proper. We see this today.
"To dine" is more sophisticated than "to eat."
"Perspire" v. "Sweat."
"Urine" v."Piss"
"Excrement" v. "Shit"
"Fornicate" v. "Fuck" (Which did not come from "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. It, too, was Germanic in origin).

Think of all the cuss words. Then think of the polite ways f saying them. The polite ways are French derived. A shame, isn't it?

My wife is hotter than your wife.