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Hell On Earth

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Graham

Graham Report 11 Dec 2014 10:13

When somebody tells you to go to Hell, you might say "thanks; I've always fancied a holiday in Norway". Or (if you like cold weather) "when Hell freeezes over".

http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/04/30/welcome-to-hell-the-norwegian-town-that-freezes-over-every-winter/

Ironically there's no church there. So it's not all bad.
:-D

Sharron

Sharron Report 11 Dec 2014 10:20

There is a philosopher and I can't remember which one, who has hypothesised that we are actually living in Hell now.

Graham

Graham Report 11 Dec 2014 10:24

I'm sure there must be a lot of people who agree with him Sharron.

Sharron

Sharron Report 11 Dec 2014 10:30

That is not what it is about though is it?

It is not put forward for agreement but to stimulate glorious debate.

Dermot

Dermot Report 11 Dec 2014 10:55

'Such wonderful times as these when some religions claim they can more easily win Heaven by shedding the blood of others than by praying to their own God'.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 11 Dec 2014 15:44

Agree, Dermot. Doesn't make sense, does it?

Oh, Sharron and Graham agree too :-)

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

UzziAndHerDogs

UzziAndHerDogs Report 11 Dec 2014 16:21

I´ve been to Hell and back in Cayman it was weird but rather beautiful also.

Researching:
Turner, Staniforth in Beighton and Ridgeway Sproat in Sheffield and Cumbria

Denburybob

Denburybob Report 12 Dec 2014 20:28

When I was stationed in Germany in the 60s, on exercise somewhere in the south, I made a detour to a place called Hellenbach, just so that I could say with some honesty that I had been to "hell and back" Bob

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 13 Dec 2014 00:09

Bob :-D :-D :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842