Anytime one feels a remote sense of defeat.

Imagine stepping into an empty popcorn bucket and being unable to shake it from your foot OR driving over an empty popcorn bucket, and listening as it drags underneath your car for miles.
"Man, I can't finish this paper. I'm totally dragging a popcorn bucket, here."
by Amy Danger February 6, 2010
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