# "Going to Hell in a handbasket"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket/3490>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 25, 1999, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket/3490 "1999-09-25T20:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 1999, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket/3490/21 "1999-09-27T19:03:00Z")

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That’s why there’s very few Shakers left. I believe there is still an active group in Maine, ( Sabbathday Lake ?, IIRC).

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**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 1999, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket/3490/22 "1999-09-27T19:04:00Z")

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Perhaps you mean Quakers?

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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 1999, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket/3490/23 "1999-09-27T19:34:00Z")

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You know FF, I believe I did. But I distinctly remember an antique appraisel show which mentioned Shakers. I know they were celibate. Sometimes you just get dumb somewhere between the brain and fingers.

Still with that minor _faux pas_ excused, the premise does make ya think.

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