Dear Anonymous Blogger

[selenite0]

I understand you're upset when people's words don't match their actions. But "hippocracy" means "government by horses" which is a completely different problem.

Comments

[theglen.livejournal.com]

So what's the word for government by hippos?

[wombattery.livejournal.com]

Hippopotamocracy, I think. Not to be confused with hiphopocracy, the tribal government practiced by the Wu Tang Clan.

[electricpaladin.livejournal.com]

Would a Hippopotocratic Theocracy, then, be a government of hippo worshippers?

[kd5mdk.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't a Hippocraticocracy of Doctor-Kings be the ultimate goal of House's Republic?

[khavrinen.livejournal.com]

Paging Lord Midnight, Lord Midnight to the white courtesy phone please...

[kd5mdk.livejournal.com]

No, the white phone.

[selenite.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, this produced actual out-loud laughter when repeated to my wife.

[kishiriadgr.livejournal.com]

There's a reason why I block anonymous comments. It raises the intelligence level of a discussion.

[selenite.livejournal.com]

Alas, this was the blogger, not a commenter.

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Obviously a yahoo, in the Swiftean sense of the word.

[archangelbeth]

So centaurs would have hippocracy as their form of government?

[selenite.livejournal.com]

Most of the ones I've seen have seemed like anarchists.

[bdunbar.livejournal.com]

government by horses" which is a completely different problem.

No kidding. It would be oats and apples and no curry combs .. all .. the .. time.

Plus they'd enact a special rule where they get one free kick at the farrier. Which wouldn't be much fun come shoeing time.

[jordan179.livejournal.com]

The Houynihim don't think it's a problem ...

[baka-kit.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I needed the giggle.

So what would the word be for a government of horses' asses?

[wombattery.livejournal.com]

In practice, simply "government" tends to suffice.

[selenite.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[friday18.livejournal.com]

Coming from someone who works at a horse farm, I'm not sure that hippocracy is such a bad idea. Sure, the lowest in the hierarchy wouldn't get much hay, but I'm betting it would be a whole lot better than what we have now. With much more grass, and apples and carrots.

Goodness knows there are a lot of days when I like the horses in my life more than many of the people.

[selenite.livejournal.com]

It's certainly not the worst alternative out there.

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

*loves the idea of government by horses*