I attended a local music festival this Canada Day weekend (oh by the way, happy belated Canada Day!) and I ran into a friend of mine that I used to work with back in my summer camp and canoe instructing days. She is one of those friends that can and will talk about anything – anytime - anywhere no matter who is around. She is just a straight forward no holds bard kinda girl that is a little crazy at times and that’s why I like her. We got onto the topic of “shit” and she relayed some interesting trivia to me.
Did you know that the word “shit” came from a long, long time ago in a land not so far off?
When the benefits of manure were discovered and it was being shipped all over the world as bails in the hulls of big leaky wooden ships. If the poop bails was placed at the bottom of the ship, the water would get at them and make a huge stinky mess. Therefore, the ship dudes, in all there wisdom decided to make sure that the poop bails where not placed at the bottom of the ships but instead high in the hull where water was less likely to get at them and cause the previously mentioned stinky mess. To ensure this happened, a stamp was placed on the side of the poop bails with the letters S-H-I-T meaning that the bails were to be Shipped High In Transit. Now you know!
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