Tuesday, April 18, 2017

"Kick The Bucket" no! No! NO!

      Multitudes of people are casually conversing about their, “Bucket List” or “Before I kick the bucket,” then speaking of one or two experiences that they want to have before they reach the end of their present life.


     When asked the meaning of the phrases, people’s usual response is, “It’s just an expression.”

     “But expressions,” I tell them, “have origins and stem from a basic reason.”

     When the true meaning of this phrase is known, people stop using it.

     Originally buckets were made of wood, they were sturdy and heavy.  When empty and turned upside down, they were often used as stools for a child or an adult to sit on or for anyone to stand on for a little extra height to reach up above.

     Despondent men with no hope, stood on a bucket, threw a rope up over a strong tree branch about a foot above their head, made the rope into a slip knot noose, put their head in the noose, then with one foot kicked the bucket out from under their other foot, thus committing suicide.  It was dreadful for the people who found the hung men.

     Use the simple, “On my ‘To Do’ list,” then say what accomplishments and travel you want to do.

     Learn the original meaning of a phrase before using it.


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