Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
My grandma always said that everything was going to hell in a hen basket....whatever that was suppose to mean.:stoned:
lol, I think you mean HANDbasket.

Just to make things a bit more absurd on this thread, lets explore the etymological origins of this phrase...

[Q] From Brian Walker: :dance: ā??Can you please tell me anything about the origin of the phrase going to hell in a handbasket?ā?:dance:

[A] This is a weird one. :dance: Itā??s a fairly common American expression, known for much of the twentieth century. But itā??s one about which almost no information exists, at least in the two dozen or so reference books Iā??ve consulted.:dance: A handbasket is just a basket to be carried in the hand. :dance: The Dictionary of American Regional English records to go to heaven in a handbasket rather earlier than the alternative, which doesnā??t appear in print until the 1940s. But DARE quotes a related expression from 1714: ā??A committee brought in something about Piscataqua. Govr said he would give his head in a Handbasket as soon as he would pass itā?, which suggests that it, or at least phrases like it, have been around in the spoken language for a long time.:dance: For example, thereā??s an even older expression, to go to heaven in a wheelbarrow, recorded as early as 1629, which also meant ā??to go to hell". imp:
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