Did you know the opposite of "going to hell in a hand basket" is "!
Question: Did you know the opposite of "going to hell in a hand basket" is "going to heaven in a wheel barrow"
the hand basket reference is from the days of the guillotine, where the heads fell into a basket!.!.!.!.!.but do you know where the 'wheel barrow' reference came from!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
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I'd never heard of going to heaven in a wheelbarrow, only in a chariot!.
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http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=yU091YLgC!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
!.!.!."go to heaven in a wheelbarrow", which also meant “to go to he ll”!.
The notion of sinners being literally transported to he ll in carts is certainly very old!. The medieval stained glass windows of Fairford Church in Gloucestershire contain an image of a woman being carried off to purgatory in a wheelbarrow pushed by a blue devil!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
The notion of sinners being literally transported to he ll in carts is certainly very old!. The medieval stained glass windows of Fairford Church in Gloucestershire contain an image of a woman being carried off to purgatory in a wheelbarrow pushed by a blue devil!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Dont reckon i have ever heard that expression!.!. about the wheel barrow!.!.My way of thinking if you got your wheel barrow it's an easy way to be rolled out and then dump your a** in the ground!.!. who knows!.!.Dont matter how you get to the hole its only your soul that has to be worried about!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
there’s an even older expression, to go to heaven in a wheelbarrow, recorded as early as 1629, which also meant “to go to hell”!. http://www!.worldwidewords!.org/qa/qa-goi1!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I have heard that expression since I was a kid and just now learn the origin , have not heard the heaven one!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I have actually never heard the wheelbarrow one before, sorry!.!.!.and I wish I could come up with something witty and cunning but I just can't!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Well, I'll have a hand in the hand basket, but a wheelbarrow, hmm, didn't know that one!. LOLWww@Enter-QA@Com
that reminds me of another quote:
If you can't lower Heaven,
then Raise Hell !Www@Enter-QA@Com
If you can't lower Heaven,
then Raise Hell !Www@Enter-QA@Com
I have no idea on the wheel barrow, but did know the other one!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I imagine it came from the way they would cart the bodies to their grave!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Hereby proving we learn something new every day!.!.!.!.lolWww@Enter-QA@Com
No but please do tell!!Www@Enter-QA@Com
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no but that is pretty neat i like itWww@Enter-QA@Com
no, I didn't know that!.!.!.but I am well aware I will be going to hell in a hand basket if I don't change my waysWww@Enter-QA@Com