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'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
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Sat 9 Aug 2008, 19:16,
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Edit: Or something like that. Explained better down there. v
i thought it was when people were hanging themselves
they stood on a bucket and kicked it away
:/ maybe not.
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Sat 9 Aug 2008, 19:18,
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:/ maybe not.
Aaah.
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/218800.html
I always presumed it was the first of the two.
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Sat 9 Aug 2008, 19:15,
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I always presumed it was the first of the two.