2006-09-07 04:23:27 · 12 answers · asked by Happy. 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It refers to rabid dogs, when they are dying from rabies they bark incessantly and are quite literally mad from the disease.
2006-09-07 05:42:28 · answer #1 · answered by Emma O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From Barking in Essex where there used to be several madhouses as they were called back in the 1800's.
Same as the word Bedlam after the place of the same name that had madhouses. Must have been awful as most people sent to Bedlam were not at all mad but down and out on their luck.
Did anyone see Barbara Windsor last night on who do you think you are. Very sad.
2006-09-07 04:32:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from women. Because we get so barking mad at men.
2006-09-07 04:28:53 · answer #3 · answered by basskickintime 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barking in Essex of course
2006-09-07 04:25:33 · answer #4 · answered by philipscottbrooks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of things like tourettes where the person cant control what they say in the olden days some one must has had tourettes and barked and people thought the person wos mad hence barking mad.
2006-09-07 04:30:16 · answer #5 · answered by natl7788 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dog was mad so it was barking.
2006-09-07 04:24:46 · answer #6 · answered by Xan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lassie
2006-09-07 04:43:18 · answer #7 · answered by M Man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the days when dogs caught rabies and went mad xx
2006-09-07 04:29:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The disease Rabies, dogs pass it to humans & humans act as mad as dogs do when they get it, "like a mad dog" came from the same thing.
2006-09-07 04:26:58 · answer #9 · answered by Katie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anybody who diasgrees with you is ....... including all the people in a small town near London.
2006-09-07 04:29:29 · answer #10 · answered by Perseus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋