Northern Ireland in the shit again!

[Uncle Gizmo]

Poo overload: Northern Ireland could be forced to export a third of its animal waste

Country looks to export excess manure from intensive pig and poultry farms to combat rising pollution and emissions

www.theguardian.com

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Just don't send it to Washington DC. The USA has enough trouble with the crap our own politicians produce.

 

[conception_native_0123]

Just don't send it to Washington DC. The USA has enough trouble with the crap our own politicians produce.

No argument here

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

I wondered about the wisdom of using the word "Shit" so I looked it up. I made an amazing Discovery, it's an acronym! Now I know Colin (isladog) likes acronyms, uses the damn things all the time, and I can't understand what he's saying half the time, not without getting online and looking them up. Often there are 10 different meanings for the same acronym! I'm getting a bit acrimonious!

The acronym S.H.I.T stands for is "Store High In Transit" They started transporting "Shit" on ships many years ago and the "Shit" generated methane gas which blew the ships up! By storing the "Shit" in the top of the hold, the air could get to it and disperse the gas stopping the explosions! I hope when they ship the "Shit" out of Ireland they store it high!

 

[conception_native_0123]

Colin might like acronyms but he hates me

 

[NauticalGent]

Many people are at a loss for a response when someone says, "You don't know Jack Schitt." Now you can intellectually handle the situation.

Jack is the only son of Awe Schitt and O. Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O. Schitt, a partner of Kneedeep &. Schitt Inc.

In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt, and the deeply religious couple produced 6 children: Holie Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Giva Schitt, Bull Schitt, and the twins: Deep Schitt and Dip Schitt.

Against her parents' objections, Deep Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high school drop out. After being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt divorced.

Noe Schitt later married Mr. Sherlock, and because her kids were living with them she wanted to keep her previous name. She was known as Noe Schitt-Sherlock.

Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt and they produced a nervous son, Chicken Schitt.

Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt were inseparable throughout childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in a dual ceremony. The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens wedding.

The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Hoarse. Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He recently returned from Italy with his new bride, Piza Schitt.

So now if someone says, "You don't know Jack Schitt", you can correct them. Not only do you know Jack, you know his whole family.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I'll have to go online to Ancestry.COM to see if they have anything on this subject.

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

see if they have anything on this subject.

They'll have Schitt loads on it.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

There are some alternative interpretations for the origins of the word "shit." Among other things, in Old German it is scheissen (to shit). During WW II, a German soldier in a really tough situation might even exclaim "Ach, scheissen, nicht schiessen." ("Oh shit, don't shoot!")

Old Norse uses skita. In Old English it is scitta which morphed via linguistic drift into three words: schitte (excrement), schyt (diarrhea), and shiten (to shit).

Oddly enough, in Greek it is skota. Other languages in Europe call it schijt (Dutch), skit (Swedish), skitt (Norwegian), or skitur (Icelandic).

I find it personally fascinating that so many languages from so many different regions in Europe have very strong similarities in some of the simplest words. Proof that we are are often closer to each other than we might first think.

When referring to animal dung such as we might follow when hunting (and thus finding a trail), we call that scat, reminiscent of the chemical skatole (which is that chemical that gives shit its distinctive aroma.)

I just couldn't leave things alone because we certainly can't have visitors thinking that we don't know our shit around here.

This is my reference for some of the linguistic issues:

The Origins of Two of English’s Most Popular Swear Words

Swear words have existed in the English language since the days of our forebears – and their forebears, too.

www.translatemedia.com

And I offer this note to those who chose to follow me on the forum. Sometimes I get technical. Sometimes I get poetic or literary. And sometimes, I indulge in some whimsy. You never know what kind of shit I will get into.

 

[conception_native_0123]

Jack is the only son of Awe Schitt and O. Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O. Schitt, a partner of Kneedeep &. Schitt Inc.

In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt, and the deeply religious couple produced 6 children: Holie Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Giva Schitt, Bull Schitt, and the twins: Deep Schitt and Dip Schitt.

Against her parents' objections, Deep Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high school drop out. After being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt divorced.

Noe Schitt later married Mr. Sherlock, and because her kids were living with them she wanted to keep her previous name. She was known as Noe Schitt-Sherlock.

Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt and they produced a nervous son, Chicken Schitt.

Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt were inseparable throughout childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in a dual ceremony. The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens wedding.

The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Hoarse. Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He recently returned from Italy with his new bride, Piza Schitt.

So now if someone says, "You don't know Jack Schitt", you can correct them. Not only do you know Jack, you know his whole family.

I had a t-shirt in high school that said exactly this. wording might have been a little bit different, but you get the idea.

 

[pbaldy]

Many people are at a loss for a response when someone says, "You don't know Jack Schitt." Now you can intellectually handle the situation.

Jack is the only son of Awe Schitt and O. Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O. Schitt, a partner of Kneedeep &. Schitt Inc.

In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt, and the deeply religious couple produced 6 children: Holie Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Giva Schitt, Bull Schitt, and the twins: Deep Schitt and Dip Schitt.

Against her parents' objections, Deep Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high school drop out. After being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt divorced.

Noe Schitt later married Mr. Sherlock, and because her kids were living with them she wanted to keep her previous name. She was known as Noe Schitt-Sherlock.

Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt and they produced a nervous son, Chicken Schitt.

Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt were inseparable throughout childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in a dual ceremony. The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens wedding.

The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Hoarse. Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He recently returned from Italy with his new bride, Piza Schitt.

So now if someone says, "You don't know Jack Schitt", you can correct them. Not only do you know Jack, you know his whole family.

Thanks, I needed that. It literally made me laugh out loud. My wife is looking at me funny, not that that's unusual.

 

[kevlray]

I never got my MS or PHD. I figured I got enough it just getting my BS.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Well, you know about degrees, don't you? BS = bullshit. MS = more shit. PhD = piled higher and deeper.

 

[moke123]

I've heard one of the Schitt sons married an asian woman, Phuk Eng.

 

[conception_native_0123]

Well, you know about degrees, don't you? BS = bullshit. MS = more shit. PhD = piled higher and deeper.

i don't know why I've never heard of that before....