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Re:Into Thin Error: Mountaineer Ed Viesturs on Making Mistak... by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Thursday June 18, 2020 @07:58AM (#23562217)
Try "the shite hitteth the fan" or "the shite hath hit the fan", although I'd probably go with "the shite doth hit the fan".
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Re:Into Thin Error: Mountaineer Ed Viesturs on Making Mistak... by leoc on Thursday June 18, 2020 @10:44AM (#23563532)
To wit:

'the shit hit the fan' → 'the shite hit the fan'

'the shit hits the fan' → 'the shite hitteth the fan'

'the shit has hit the fan' → 'the shite hath hit the fan'

You could also throw in an archaic alternate spelling of 'hit' ('hitt' or 'hitte') or 'fan' ('fann' or 'fanne'). Or spell 'the' as 'ye', though that's really older than the Shakespeare/King James Bible thing, and it's always pronounced as 'the', with no 'y' sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter) .

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Re:Into Thin Error: Mountaineer Ed Viesturs on Making Mistak... by carapace on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:12PM (#23565217)
"fan the shite doth hit"
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