[Magdalen] Nature goes tee hee

[Jon Egger]

I knew a coffin maker who was so busy that got buried in his work.
I knew a occulist who fell into his lens grinder and made a spectacle of
himself.

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Grace & peace,
jon


On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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