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limbicnuminousity

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9. Lol!

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Mar 16, 2024, 01:33 PM

Mar 2024

For a brief moment it looked like you were referring to the Sam Houston Institute of Technology (not to be confused with the Texas Institute of Technology).

In the spirit of sharing, the word "hooker" comes from the caravans that followed Gen. Joseph Hooker during the Civil War.

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S.H.I.T. [View all] kentuck Mar 2024 OP

Nope. MineralMan Mar 2024 #1

That is one of your shortest replies. BootinUp Mar 2024 #5

Oh, What does Snopes know! kentuck Mar 2024 #7

Did not know that about SHIT. Glad the OP is not about another shitstorm. nt PufPuf23 Mar 2024 #2

lol no WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2024 #3

Turns out my wife was right. gibraltar72 Mar 2024 #4

I understood it to be the acronym...... lastlib Mar 2024 #6

That's interesting! pandr32 Mar 2024 #8

Lol! limbicnuminousity Mar 2024 #9

Shit Happens pwb Mar 2024 #10

Acronyms didn't really happen much before the 20th century Maeve Mar 2024 #11

ka boom a. AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #13

Agreed. soldierant Mar 2024 #15

lol true. AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #12

Really? No shit? keithbvadu2 Mar 2024 #14

I have it on very good authority that it means Special High Intensity Training. Arthur_Frain Mar 2024 #16

I assess your tale to be as true as the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge one.... Goodheart Mar 2024 #17

Sounds good but Timewas Mar 2024 #18