So you want to know who T-boy is and what the heck his HandBasket is?
Edward explains it all...

Direct from the Ancient Fumbler Scrolls:

Just to clarify for our beloved newbies, once upon a time in the
halcyon golden ages of FTE faerieland, long long before even the First Coming of the Cult of e, and Jill :D was a mere Listlass *hee*, in a mystical kingdom surrounded on all sides by barbaric heathen tribes such as the dreaded Divas, there was a mysterious knightly figure whose noble mission was the rescue of poor damsels in distress during the darker periods of the evil flame-wars...after an eye-opening series of arcane rituals and drawn-out initiation rites, these vestal handmaidens were then ceremoniously shepherded into the protective cosy custody of the sacred handbasket where ethereal, angelic music by a certain Canadian chanteuse wafted soothingly all day and night to allay their past traumas and darkest fears...

Further scholarly research into these Fumbler Annals turns up all sorts of elusive references to what really may have gone on inside the inner sanctum of the handbasket:

Grace: Where am I, and how did I get in this handbasket ??  :)

Jen, in her former incarnation as FumbleIn2U, sighed: Ahh, the *dreaded* handbasket. <nodding head> I wouldn't mind being confined in it, if it has a satellite dish that gets Much Music.  *wink*

Melissa quipped: Mud wrestle???...I dont want any title...can I just join in? :)

<< methinks I'll just sit back with the MoonPie girls (e-lass, lisa, XfileGrrl) and watch the likes of ellie, aj, adrienne, andrea, and not to forget your friendly resident list psycho, jello-wrestle it out...*wink* >>

e, formerly known as Eleanor520, countered: oh, don't count on that one. ;) i'll be right there sipping a martini watching all of YOU watching the action.

XfileGrrl aka Starfall18 warned: Hehehehehehe...See, this is what happens when you just sit back and let a thread fly by...You get the wonderful *cough, cough* companionship of T-Boy...

Okay, so now you have somewhat of an idea of what the Handbasket is. How do you "join" the Handbasket? T-Boy explains further:

Applicants should fulfill at least two, or more, of the following items in order to qualify:

1. *Must be a fumblerette. <duh!>
2. Make it through the *sordid* initiation rites (good luck...)
3. Put in a blatant plug on FTE for the handbasket!  :)
4. Be cute or flirty in your emails... *hee*
5. Have your picture on a webpage (gratuitous but optional <g>)
6. Like playing & frolicking around with other fumblerettes *cough*

*Please note that item 1 is MANDATORY...well, sort of, since we are an equal opportunity employer (exceptions can, and have been made) :)

 *Chartered membership of the handbasket can not be officially sanctioned until a formal request to "the Keeper of the Handbasket" have been made.  Please allow 30 days for processing and handling.