[Magdalen] Nature goes tee hee

[Marion Thompson]

Google it.  Nothing definitive.

Marion, a pilgrim
On 11/21/2014 1:59 PM, Don Boyd 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.
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> Don in Austin
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