31. One person said he talked about " how this country is going to hell in a handbasket ." 32. As Charles Barkley explained to NEWSWEEK, " The league is going to hell in a handbasket ." 33. Going to hell in a handbasket is a five-star vacation compared with Jeremiah and Kurdy's reality. 34. Going bankrupt, I was to understand, was synonymous with going to the poorhouse or to hell in a handbasket . 35. So here's a Muni security reminder : On crowded buses, always protect your purses and wallets and handbaskets . 36. "If we thought it was going to hell in a handbasket , we wouldn't be here," 37. "My husband said yes, and that's when our lives went to hell in a handbasket ," 38. "Normal business in places like Nigeria went to hell in a handbasket , " said one Western oil executive. 39. "This valley is going to hell in a handbasket , " he said . " And it's not right. 40. One is that the nation has gone to hell in a handbasket since the Supreme Court forbade public-school prayer in 1963.
