Just learned a new fact the other day, the origin of the slang word “shit”, and thought i would share it as a bit of useless information!!!
Apparently, it comes from when they used to ship manure by boat. And when it was placed in the lower hull the methane gass would build up, and somebody would come down to check on the cargo with a lantern and BOOOM!!!
So, they had to write “Ship High In Transit” on all the manure cargo, and in short it became Shit…
So, next time you get in trouble for saying a “swear word”, just tell them the origin of the word, and the acronymic meaning of it and ask just how that could be offensive…
where did you get that from. They should teach these kinds of things at school. I’ll write a letter to the headmaster, saying that it should be included into the english languae lessons…
Why don’t they have swearing classes? They could use Guy Ritchie films and stableboys as examples. Heck, bring in Quentin Tarintino, Guy Ritchie, and Wes Anderson films, and you’ve got a whole curriculum in around 6 hours!
And I knew that before you told us, bapsis. My social studies teacher told us! So it really did come from school!
More useless information:
French kissing in France is called “English kissing.” English kissing in America is called “French kissing.” And if you go any farther, it’s called “f***ing.” (No, that’s NOT the origin.)
Many movies DON’T have the color purple featured prominently in them. Apparently, something screwed up long ago, and it’s just been a traditional thing. In fact, in the recent movie “The One,” an early scene was lit purple to give it a different feel, but the colorizers or someone thought it was a mistake and “fixed” it.
The makers of “Clerks: The Animated Series” poked… no, stabbed fun at many other TV shows. For example, in one episode, a newspaper reads, “Clerks is great, ABC says; so is ‘Sports Night,’” which they found unbelievably bad and were puzzled by it’s longer run then “Clerks.” Also, in another scene, it says on a book, “How To Make Cartoons, by Seth McFarlane.” Seth McFarlane made “Family Guy,” which they ALSO hated and were shocked to see earning Emmy nominations.
If you’re making a movie and you’re filming in your local city, either get a permit, or get someone to look out for cops. Chances are, your city has things that they apparently don’t want filmed by renegade filmmakers, and so they may fine you if you don’t have a permit. This isn’t good when you’re making an indie film like “Pi” or “God’s Army,” so keep your eyes peeled (not literally) for “cozzers.”
When George C. Scott won an Oscar for “Patton,” he didn’t show up to get it. Why? He hated the competition of the Oscars. Instead, he watched a hockey game and went to bed. Also, when Marlon Brando won, an Indian woman showed up to recieve it in protest of the treatment of Indians in movies those days. What this has do with Brando playing an Italian gangster in “The Godfather” is unclear.
Blood isn’t too hard to make in the movies. One way to get it is through the traditional ketchup. Another way, supposing you’re making black-and-white films, is to use chocolate syrup. For “Dawn Of The Dead,” they used peanut butter, food coloring, and cane sugar syrup, but this was rather flourescent. And for “Conan The Barbarian,” a concentrate with water (and vodka when it was cold) was used. Just make sure you don’t run out, like with “Ravenous,” and how much blood was used for the ending of “Dead Alive,” or “Braindead”: 300 liters.
One production company used real blood from pigs for their death scenes, except the public complained that it didn’t look like real blood they usually saw in movies.
On the subject of ship high in transit, I thought this was with reference to the narcotic ships. Some one would go down to the hold to check the cargo with a lit lamp, some weird green plant started to smoulder and the crew all got high. Thus producing the saying, ‘This is some good shit.’
actually f*ck means: fornicating under concience of the king, there was a time when married couples had to ask the king to fornicate, to have children. so this people who had permit had a little hanging post in front of their doors with the f.u.c.k. initials. tara! there u go! this happened in england by the way and was thought to me in social studies class
my version is one of many, but the actual fucking under the concience of the king thing is true. i heard sandlers song, it’s great but i think it’s a fake origin, how could f*ck derive from flicken?
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Heck, bring in Quentin Tarintino, Guy Ritchie, and Wes Anderson films, and you’ve got a whole curriculum in around 6 hours!