Is a shitload more or less than a buttload? What about a boatload or a crapload? I need a sense of scale to understand just how many cars we’re talking about here. Oh, and which side the street do NZ’ers drive on anyway?

are you sure it was SHIT & not SHIP?!

There can only fit so much shit in one butt. Therefore I think the scale would be

crapload < buttload < shitload / boatload (depending upon the size of the boat, but I’d be tempted to say shitload < boatload).
Linguists to the rescue!

From my personal experience this morning I’l have to say though that cat intestines are multi-dimensional as it would be otherwise impossible for a cat to decorate the house top to bottom with an amount of excrement certainly exceeding the animal’s body-mass. Boatload < Catload sigh

Yeah, we also say truckloads and fuckloads. Hmmm.

p.s. Ani, I’ve randomly visited your site for ages now. Moved to Wellington just about the time you left, and am leaving the country just as you’re back. I’m encouraged that you find Wellington so hard in contrast to the UK, since that’s my first destination, but am also already feeling homesick for all the things I LOVE about this city… Give it time! What about Good Luck? Mercury Lounge? Sandwiches? Motel? What about Owhiro Bay? Makara? Mojo Coffee/ Supreme Coffee / Wellington coffee in general? Starfish? Te Papa? Tree Top? What about the Arts Festival, and all the theatre and music that’s going on… Hang in there!

I’m pretty sure he said shitloads!

I will hang in there/here, because I have no other option. I am digging parts of Wellington, but I’m also experiencing the weirdest culture shock ever – for my own country!