We've been highly amused by Sue Townshend's habit of answering the phone "What fresh hell is this?", and wondered where the phrase comes from. Apparently it comes from Dorothy Parker, who first exclaimed it when she was interrupted from working by the telephone, and then used it whenever she answered the phone.
It's also the name of the superb What Fresh Hell is This? blog - amusing quips and sayings.
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