Barking Mad
Why do we always talk about people Barking Mad? There is an explanation here.
A much more prosaic derivation, that the phrase refers to mad and possibly rabid dogs, is a more probable source. There are many examples of ‘barking like a mad dog’ in print.
This sounds feasible.
There had been an item on the news this morning talking about some rather silly yellow lines painted on the pavement in Ripple Road, Barking, so as I’d never been there, I thought I’d go there for a walk in the sun.
The lines do seem rather odd.
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