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SHIT
When manure was shipped as fertilizer in Great Britain it would rot and spoil if exposed to the moisture of a ships bilges. The containers were marked Ship High In Transit, hence Shit.
PS I have not verified this, I'll check the OED later tonight...
EDIT: I was wrong, shit is simply a word from the germanic root, oh well.
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Fortunato became immured to the sound of the trowel after a while.
Last edited by debaser; 10-29-2003 at 03:30 PM..
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