Is it up Shit creek or up Shits creek....

[WCGreen]

Inquiring minds need to know...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I believe it's up Shit creek.

Whichever it is....we ARE up it....

NO paddle, either.

:P

Are you talking about our dead sister, the Gulf? It's certainly appropriate...

[socialist_n_TN]

2. Yep. Up Shit Creek without a paddle

I first heard that from my maternal grandmother over 50 years ago. Mam-ma was known for her "colorful" expressions. :)

[WCGreen]

11. The other way means some guy named shit must have owned the creek

at one time....

mrs WCGreen and I were having a discussion.

[Bitwit1234]

3. And you add "without a paddle".

[The_Commonist]

4. Up Shit's Creek Without a Paddle.

Or so I've always heard...

[AllentownJake]

5. I prefer we are fucked

but than again, I hate analogies and hate having to use them even more.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Both

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=up+shit%27s+creek+without+a+paddle&aq=1&aqi=g3&aql=&oq=%22up+shit%27s+creek&gs_rfai=CVhCWY5cCTJLcEpLmygSQj4DCBQAAAKoEBU_Qdfac

[havocmom]

7. Yes

[lpbk2713]

8. Up Shit Gulf

It's on its way to being the world's biggest cesspool.

[razorman]

9. Does it really matter? Whichever it is, I've been drifting on it for years.

[JBoy]

10. Found one explanation on the source of the phrase:

http://www.joe-ks.com/phrases/phrasesU.htm

The expression goes back about 100 years and was probably first “up Salt Creek”, if we are to judge by the popular 1884 political campaign song “Blaine up Salt Creek.” A salt creek is a creek leading throught the salt marsh or mashland to the ocean - it's very easy to get stuck in one and, without a paddle, a boatman would have no way to get out. The excremental version coneys the same idea, but makes the situation even worse.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

12. Interesting. Thanks. nt

[JohnnyLib2]

13. The real thing.....................

Shit Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Reports (County Clare, Ireland)



Shit Creek in County Clare is an exposed reef break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the east. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the west. Right and better left hand reef breaks.. Best around mid tide. Relatively few surfers here, even on good days. Watch out for rocks / rips.

www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/ShitCreek


And God bless the Irish!!