Oh, yeah: Jeopardy! this evening had a wrong answer for a clue and they didn't rectify it! I was horrified. The clue was, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Conquest, War, Famine, and This Guy. Meghan (Champion) answered Pestilence, Alex said No, and then Julie (Challenger) answered Death, which was right. Now of course they were going for Death, but! The Four Horsemen are War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death. Doesn't everyone know that? WTF is the difference between War and Conquest? Has anyone ever heard of that lineup of the Four Horsemen before?
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Zenkitty - Mar 25, 2011 4:01:41 pm PDT #322 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Hil R. - Mar 25, 2011 4:06:42 pm PDT #323 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Has anyone ever heard of that lineup of the Four Horsemen before?
Wikipedia has Conquest, War, Famine, and Death, and says that replacing Conquest with Pestilence is a variation
Zenkitty - Mar 25, 2011 4:09:45 pm PDT #324 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Never heard of that before! Still don't see any difference between War and Conquest. I guess I'll let them get away with it, but I still think they're ALL WRONG.
Connie Neil - Mar 25, 2011 4:17:37 pm PDT #325 of 30001
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Well, you can have War without meaning to take over the country, and you can Conquer without a war.
Zenkitty - Mar 25, 2011 4:20:52 pm PDT #326 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
mmmmaybe so, but I don't see how Conquering without a war is particularly apocalyptic. Doesn't hold a candle to, say, plague of locusts, or bubonic plague. Anything with "plague" in the name trumps a bloodless takeover, imho.
Cass - Mar 25, 2011 4:23:30 pm PDT #327 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
War, Famine, Death and Pestilence. Those are the horsies. I don't like people messing with my horses.
sarameg - Mar 25, 2011 4:23:53 pm PDT #328 of 30001
Ah hell. Loki just discovered he can get to the top of the bookcase. Fuuuuck.
DavidS - Mar 25, 2011 4:24:03 pm PDT #329 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You need pestilence as one of the four. Conquest is dumb.
Lee - Mar 25, 2011 4:31:08 pm PDT #330 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hey, does anyone have a good lemon based dessert recipe that isn't lemon bars that they want to share? I feel like baking this weekend, and I need to use up some lemons.
billytea - Mar 25, 2011 4:31:13 pm PDT #331 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
My old FAC counted one of the horses as False Religion. (Guy riding around on a white horse... Just like Jesus! And Fabio.) I think it's a foolish question because they're not explicitly named anywhere. I do think Pestilence is a pretty obvious inclusion, but there's room for disagreement on others.