Origin of "When the shit hits the fan"?

[Mary Dmitrieva]

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* Forwarded by Mary Dmitrieva (2:4631/108)
* Area : SCI.LANG (English)
* From : Jacques Guy, 2:46/128 (Mon Sep 18 2000 05:42)
* To : All
* Subj : Re: Origin of "When the shit hits the fan"?
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11dig...@my-deja.com wrote:
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> What is the origin of the idiom "when the shit hits the fan"? One does
> not ordinarily use such a receptacle for that substance.

Nothing like a practical experiment to discover the truth.

1. Buy yourself a chamber pot.
2. Use chamber pot.
3. After each use, separate shit from piss using
a strainer. Keep shit, discard piss. (*)
4. When chamber pot is full, set electrical
fan on desk, the more powerful the better.
5. Take chamber pot, sit a desk, face fan,
switch on fan, adjust to maximum air flow.
6. Throw contents of chamber pot at fan.

Voil?!

(*) You _must_ discard the piss. Remember:
what you are testing is "when the shit hits
the fan", NOT "when the shit _and the piss_
hit the fan".
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