Hey Fellows,

We've been letting OT discussions slip a bit because of the possible overflow from Gerry's downtime. But it's Sunday now and the List has been up since yesterday.

So puleeeze let this thread and the MGB thread "kick the bucket". Continue next Friday should you chose to do so.

BenT
Mod 

sent from my electronic leash

On Jun 30, 2012, at 12:20 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:

> On 6/29/2012 5:21 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
>> Where did the term "kick the bucket" come from?  That one puzzles me.
> You can google anything of course.
> Wikit baby -
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_the_bucket
> 
> the first line of that page -
> "A common theory is that the idiom comes from a method of execution such
> as hanging, or perhaps suicide, in the Middle Ages
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages>.^[3]
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_the_bucket#cite_note-hh1-2> A noose
> is tied around the neck while standing on an overturned bucket
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket>. When the pail is kicked away, the
> victim is hanged <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging>."