Jokes 2
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Quote from nutmeg:
Uh oh!........ Red Alert....Airplane joke.....
My first day as a pilot didn't go well.
I left the handbrake off, and the 747 rolled straight back up into the air.
My pilot girlfriend walked out on me because of my stupid puns.
Can't believe she took off like that.
Then there was that court jester who punned so much that the king sentenced him to death by hanging. But the last moment, the king changed his mind: the jester would be pardonned if he agreed to stop his relentless puns. When the funny guy heard that, he replied: "of course, no noose is good news"... ... and they hanged him
Quote from Yannis:
Manure... An interesting fact
In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common.
It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, not only did it become heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by product is methane gas of course. 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 instruction 'Stow 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' (Stow High In Transit) 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 had always thought it was a golf term...
Nice story, but not actually true. You did make me "snopes" it however, LOL.
http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/shit.asp
Oh S#$%, LOL.
Don
Quote from Yannis:
C'mon Don... I knew it was kind of imaginary, but, since it was funny, I posted it here on the Jokes thread, where else... BUT, on the other hand, are you telling me that you have nothing better to do than digging up shit on questionable shit stories?
Yep, pretty slow today, LOL. Sorry if I spoiled anything..... it just made me wonder. The actual etymology seems rather boring.
All the best...keep the jokes coming...
Don