Why do we use the pharse catch the bus

[FireFox]

I like the pharse catch the bus to describe ending ones life.
I am curious where did the pharse come from?
Why do we use it
Is there a meaning behind it

 

[GiveUp]

catch the bus - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

en.wiktionary.org

 

[katyhere]

For me CTB means closing the book. Might make more sense to you?

 

[WhatIsMyLife]

It came from an old Usenet newsgroup, which was kinda like this site.

The meaning behind the quote is said to be:

A bus stop where several people have decided to stop and chat before deciding on whether or not to get on the bus.

 

[hadenough]

There is a famous suicide site in the UK called Beachy Head where people jump to their death. People would "catch the bus" from town centre to jump.

 

[SuiSqueeze92]

Did you know?

If someone is "three sheets to the wind", that phrase came from when a windmill would lose a fan of the four and become wobbly/unstable.

But I think catch the bus overall somewhat instills a bit of hope as the bus will eventually have to drop you off somewhere, maybe a phrase of confidence along the lines of "i'll see you on the other side".

 

[Underwhelming]

Oops.... I thought everyone was saying cease to breathe.

 

[Mitty]

For some reason I used to think CTB meant "crossing the bridge," which I still can never stop automatically reading it as no matter how hard I try.