[Magdalen] Nature goes tee hee

[Jay Weigel]

OTOH,  John D,. Loudermilk had a wonderful song back in the 60s called
"Goin' to Hell on a Sled".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUpAMtqlIDI

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Heather Angus <hangus at ctcn.net> wrote:

> Holy cow! I had no idea about the gruesome origin of "handbasket." Now I
> suppose I'm going to be inclined to avoid it, as I tend to avoid other
> awful phrases whose meaning has fortunately been mostly forgotten in the
> gloomy mists of time, such as: "a basket case," "caught red-handed," "had
> him over a barrel," and even "drank the kool-aid."
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 5:39 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > A method of removing bodies, the predecessor of the body bag. I've
> > seen photos of them from the Civil War era.
> >
> > If you and your family were too poor for a casket, or if you didn't have
> a
> > family member or friend with wood and simple hand tools, the whole
> > outfit was dumped into a grave.
> >
> > One of my friends' brothers was a finish carpenter and he hand-made their
> > father's casket, Took him forty-eight hours and, I'm told, helped him
> > through the grieving process.
> > -M
> >
> >
> > On Friday, November 21, 2014, 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.
> > >
> > > Don in Austin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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