OP setting a trend for minimalist thesis of the year.

by Anonymousreply 2April 11, 2022 8:52 PM

There better be some high end hand cream in that hand basket.

by Anonymousreply 3April 11, 2022 9:05 PM

Helena Handbasket would make a great drag name, or apparently a name for a video game character.

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by Anonymousreply 5May 3, 2022 3:19 PM

Helena Handbasket was a name for one of DL's most infamous trolls, an alias for the equally infamous Daniel Bexton.

by Anonymousreply 6May 3, 2022 3:29 PM

In 1704 Sir Isaac Newton predicted the world might end in 2060.

Just sayin'

by Anonymousreply 8June 23, 2022 4:18 PM

I want little flowers on my hand basket.

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by Anonymousreply 9June 23, 2022 4:27 PM

This is the only Helena Handbasket that matters.

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by Anonymousreply 10June 23, 2022 4:33 PM

Hell in a Handbasket

When you say things are going to ‘Hell In A Handbasket’ you mean that a situation is rapidly deteriorating or that you are set firmly on a course for disaster.

Example of use: “How’s it going, Op?” Answer: “Hell in a handbasket, folks.”

Interesting fact about Hell in a Handbasket

The origin of the phrase ‘hell in a handbasket’ can be found in the practice of capturing the heads of guillotine victims in a basket, with the presumption being that these criminals would be going straight to hell for their crimes. Although the phrase is thought to have originated sometime during the 18th century, the first printed example is found in Winslow Ayer’s book on the American Civil War, The Great North-Western Conspiracy. A reprint was published in 1867’s House Documents in the U.S. Congress...

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by Anonymousreply 11June 23, 2022 5:00 PM

Hell in a Handbag!

Fabulously camp Chicago theater group - which is where I saw "Christmas Dearest" - a fabulous merging of Mommie Dearest and A Christmas Carol.

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by Anonymousreply 12June 23, 2022 5:11 PM

R12 beat me to it. Don't forget their brilliant musical version of The Poseidon Adventure -Poseidon, An Upside Down Musical!

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by Anonymousreply 15July 22, 2022 9:07 PM