War.
Famine.
Pestilence.
Death.
What’s wrong with this picture? (Image is in the public domain.)
And they’re all men.
Does this strike anyone else as inherently sexist? Women can destroy the world as effectively as men can. They just need a chance to let their evil ways shine.
I would take a moment to ask my thoughtful readers which of the horsemen would most appropriately be depicted as a horsewoman. Instead, long live free advertising. I may ask the question one day as a writing prompt on my other blog. For now, you’ll just have to marvel at my wisdom and perhaps click the cheerful happy link.
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I vote for death. There’s a nice finality to it. All the others are mere steps along the path.
“I vote for death.” That’s not a sentence you read every day. 😉
Death is a skeleton. Unless you’re a forensic anthropologist, there’s no way of telling whether Death is a he or a she. And I reckon Death’s robe could pass for a dress.
Since Death is called a horseMAN, it’s a pretty logical guess.
And besides, how can you be sure that I lack any training in forensic anthropology?
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was a term coined before low-IQ feminists who lacked imagination started to get their bikini underwear in a twist over the “masculine” pronoun. I submit that (for your generation and on) they might be The Four Horsepeople of the Apocalypse.
I thought “Horsepeople” was already the politically correct term for “Congressman.”
That idea was so degrading to horses, that it was rejected as a PC term for Congressmen. I think they went with Congressperson.
But isn’t that equally degrading to homo sapiens?
No. It just shows the low quality of the persons in question. They are CONGRESS persons as opposed to simply persons. “Congress” is a pejorative term that refines and identifies the noun, “person” in much the same way as kind person, smart person, lazy person, etc. No one really understands why it’s a compound word, but there it is..
How about we just add a horsewoman to reflect the 21st century reality, like Climate Change?
I’m also concerned about lack of racial diversity, although the inclusion of an overweight horseman gives me hope.
Depending on who you ask, climate change falls under death or famine. Besides, you’d almost have to depict that one as Al Gore in a dress.
Well, technically, death can do the job of war, famine, and disease all by himself, but since Earth has many more people now than in the Middle Ages, they could use the additional staff.
No doubt Kaitlin the Archer-ess!
That sounds very Biblical. 🙂
Shame vengeance isn’t one – women are great at that 😉
That is a very good idea. Oh Medea where art thou?
I’m not saying anything. I think it is only a woman that could save us from the four horsemen.
Leslie
Dolly Parton?
Bless her heart, why not?
Leslie
Famine could be a woman… portrayed by virtually any female model…
I think you deserve an award for that comment.
If I had a place to put them… or any respect for the entire concept of awards… I would be honored…
Famine, to wreak revenge on all the so-called diet gurus.
Interesting idea. Putting them out of business?
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