Thursday, May 31, 2007

Hell in a handbasket

The other day I heard someone say "he is going to hell in a handbasket". I remember this saying from my childhood. It confused me then and confuses me still.

What size does the handbasket have to be to fit a guy inside?

Would it still be considered a handbasket if you can't carry it?

Would the handbasket burn up as it got close to hell which is supposed to be all fire and brimstone?

Who would stuff the guy in that handbasket?

Who is going to carry the handbasket to get this guy there? You want to be on the committee? Where do you take it?

The devil must have a whole closet full of handbaskets if you can go to hell in one.