Deep Thoughts

[oakenguy]

Y'know, it's a catchy song but Johnny Cash never really makes it clear why being a Ghost Rider in the Sky is such a bad thing. Sure you're chasing the Devil's herd, but no one says you have to actually catch them. My other fine source of information about cattle drives, the song Rawhide, points out the absence of "good vittles, love and kissin'", but those aren't exactly things Heaven's known for either.

Fresh air, companionship, notable lack of pitchforks...compared to spending eternity as, say, the Office Temp in the Sky it sounds like a pretty good deal.

Maybe there's a verse missing where they go into detail about how nasty the Devil Herd's manure is, and how the saddles are actually made of live rattlesnakes, and instead of whinnying the horses continuously channel Nancy Grace asking the riders questions about their sins. THAT would explain it.

Comments

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

Fresh air, companionship, notable lack of pitchforks...compared to spending eternity as, say, the Office Temp in the Sky it sounds like a pretty good deal.

Xerox Machine of the Damned!

[coscaram.livejournal.com]

I think that the constant repetition of yelling "Yippee-I-ay, yippee-I-oh", all through eternity, would be kind of annoying.

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Oh sure, it sounds good, but if they never get to get off the horses, huddle by the fire and have some damn beans, after a few millenia it could certainly be hellish.

[majes.livejournal.com]

It's all about the saddle sores. I'ts the little things that make a good hell. Pitch forks and pits of fire - fah! You'd get used to that in a week. Always never quite being able to get comfortable - that is the master's stuff.