[Magdalen] Nature goes tee hee

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

The saying was "going to hell in a handcart"

Of course, the same question can be posed for that saying as well.

I think the alliteration helps, and the idea that hell is downhill.  A
handcart has no brakes, so if you start it rolling downhill, it will
rapidly pick up speed.
There are no barriers to impede this, since as scripture teaches:

Broad is the way that leads to death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKzwqV0yOdU

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Don Boyd <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com> wrote:

> Our Listbrother James has opined "This thread is gone to hades in a
> handbasket, so...."  and I wonder about the origin of this saying.  Is
> "handbasket" somehow significant (I've never heard the word except in this
> 'gone to' context)?  Or has it survived because of the /h/-/h/
> alliteration? There are times, this morning being one, when I enjoy
> contemplating such trivialities as this.