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# He hung himself by his leg?
This man is mad.
(I helped save b3ta! Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts, Sat 9 Aug 2008, 19:12, archived)
# Thus the origin of 'Kick the bucket'
(I helped save b3ta! monkdagola but how do you TURN a phrase?, Sat 9 Aug 2008, 19:13, archived)
# What?
(b0rk3d Jokes are better than technique!, Sat 9 Aug 2008, 19:14, archived)
# erm,
'Kick the bucket' originated from the rope that they used to hang and bleed chickens and such from; they would squirm and kick the rope (bucket) as it was called.
Edit: Or something like that. Explained better down there. v
(I helped save b3ta! monkdagola but how do you TURN a phrase?, Sat 9 Aug 2008, 19:16, archived)
# i thought it was when people were hanging themselves
they stood on a bucket and kicked it away

:/ maybe not.
(I helped save b3ta! Nathanial Hornblower, Sat 9 Aug 2008, 19:18, archived)
# :)
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(I helped save b3ta! monkdagola but how do you TURN a phrase?, Sat 9 Aug 2008, 19:19, archived)
# Aaah.
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/218800.html

I always presumed it was the first of the two.
(I helped save b3ta! Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts, Sat 9 Aug 2008, 19:15, archived)