Bye Bye Pluto

[slomo007]

So now what good are the tiny styrofoam balls that serve no purpose besides solar system models for elementary school students everywhere?

[Madison]

I bet Pluto sues for size discrimination, and wins in today's day and age of dumb lawsuits.

Maybe they figure kids will get higher test scores having one less "planet" to learn......

[1337_Dude]

Sigh. Next thing you know woman are going to be able to vote...boy these times they are a changing.


Pluto we'll always remember you

[Coppermine]

This is slightly, but not completely, off topic... is Pluto really a planet?

Depends on who you ask. new wave thinking says no, but newnew wave thinking says there may be moons around Pluto.

I thought they recently discovered a "moon" around Pluto, but some scientists claim it can't even be classified a moon because they're like 30 miles in diameter.

Did you know that the scientific name for our moon is 'moon.' Real original you astronomer dorks.

My $0.02... I don't think Pluto should be a planet anymore, but can remain so only because of the condition which exists from "my very energetic mother just served us nine."

I mean, the whole thing's nothing without the pizzas.

This is from a thread posted Nov 7, 2005.

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[Pokeyouindaeye]

Good job by the astronomers. I never did care for Pluto much. In school we always made fun of it because all the other planets like Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune got their names from Mythological Gods but Pluto got named after the stupid Disney dog. The next one they need to wipe off is Uranus.

I could have sworn Pluto was supposed to be the Roman allegory for Hades, the Greek god of the underworld...

[acsguitar]

So what is Pluto now??

A rock? Does it lose its name? Do we just pretend its not there anymore?

Its dead to us

[The Artful Dodger]

Good job by the astronomers. I never did care for Pluto much. In school we always made fun of it because all the other planets like Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune got their names from Mythological Gods but Pluto got named after the stupid Disney dog. The next one they need to wipe off is Uranus.

I could have sworn Pluto was supposed to be the Roman allegory for Hades, the Greek god of the underworld...

You would've won the Random Quiz with that answer.

ACS, we'll just pretend Pluto has been sucked into that Pink Taco astronomers call the Black Hole.

[Tavish]

Good job by the astronomers. I never did care for Pluto much. In school we always made fun of it because all the other planets like Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune got their names from Mythological Gods but Pluto got named after the stupid Disney dog. The next one they need to wipe off is Uranus.

I could have sworn Pluto was supposed to be the Roman allegory for Hades, the Greek god of the underworld...

I'm pretty sure it is too, but the joke doesn't work that way.

[Madison]

This is slightly, but not completely, off topic... is Pluto really a planet?

Depends on who you ask. new wave thinking says no, but newnew wave thinking says there may be moons around Pluto.

I thought they recently discovered a "moon" around Pluto, but some scientists claim it can't even be classified a moon because they're like 30 miles in diameter.

Did you know that the scientific name for our moon is 'moon.' Real original you astronomer dorks.

My $0.02... I don't think Pluto should be a planet anymore, but can remain so only because of the condition which exists from "my very energetic mother just served us nine."

I mean, the whole thing's nothing without the pizzas.

This is from a thread posted Nov 7, 2005.

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Something that stuck out to me:

Did you know that the scientific name for our moon is 'moon.' Real original you astronomer dorks.

No different than calling a fly a fly. Genius at work right there in both cases.

[Coppermine]

This is slightly, but not completely, off topic... is Pluto really a planet?

Depends on who you ask. new wave thinking says no, but newnew wave thinking says there may be moons around Pluto.

I thought they recently discovered a "moon" around Pluto, but some scientists claim it can't even be classified a moon because they're like 30 miles in diameter.

Did you know that the scientific name for our moon is 'moon.' Real original you astronomer dorks.

My $0.02... I don't think Pluto should be a planet anymore, but can remain so only because of the condition which exists from "my very energetic mother just served us nine."

I mean, the whole thing's nothing without the pizzas.

This is from a thread posted Nov 7, 2005.

BUMP!

http://www.fantasybaseballcafe.com/foru ... highlight=

Something that stuck out to me:

Did you know that the scientific name for our moon is 'moon.' Real original you astronomer dorks.

No different than calling a fly a fly. Genius at work right there in both cases.

Yeah, but a fly isn't a fly... there are different kinds of flies, each with ridiculously difficult to pronounce scientific names; I can understand the naming conventions as a way of keeping the terminology universal.

For instance, all flies in science are actually called Diptera; the most common known as the House fly (Musca domestica).