They actually did transport a lot of fertilizer and manure this way. When my wife was researching the packet and clipper ship era, she ran across the accounts of a number of ships that sank just because of this.
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Of course not. It's a golf joke. > > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Justin Scott <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> > In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship >> > and it was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large >> > shipments of manure were common. >> >> It's a cute story... plausible, even. Unfortunately it's not actually >> true. See: http://www.etymonline.com/baloney.php >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349711 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
