Downsizing the solar system.

Just wait until those Plutonians hear about this ! (they're throwing a party on Uranus right now)

Thank God for that. I could never remember the last one.


Os.

I guess my very earnest mother just served us napalm.

MidnightMuse said:

(they're throwing a party on Uranus right now)

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Bring plenty of tissue...Uranus is big from what I understand.

Speaking of Uranus and amateur hour with the jokes about this ...

http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/08/amateur_night.html

v/r, jt

JoeEkaitis said:

Seems no one (or nothing) is safe. And I hear he just put a down payment on a Lamborghini.

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Downsizing? They're supersizing according to this article!

I'm too old to learn more planet names.

Wonder how this is going to effect astrology and numerology since 9 is supposed to be a nice number.

More planets, less planets. Astronomy has become a joke. A joke, I tell you.


Os.

Shadow_Ferret said:

Downsizing? They're supersizing according to this article!

I'm too old to learn more planet names.

Wonder how this is going to effect astrology and numerology since 9 is supposed to be a nice number.

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Maybe, just maybe, it'll teach people who base their lives on sequences of numbers to get a real life.

dclary, database administrator, out!

I'm soooo sad. One of my favorite planet's has lost its job due to downsizing and was obliterated earlier today by a traveling crew of smelly, poetry-spewing Vogons.

Wait until we start to outsource our planets.

I am really bummed about this. It messes up my astrological charts for the next 100 years. What's next? Nothing is safe. First they take away Pluto and next thing you know, they're after Uranus. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Just because a planet is little doesnt make it worthless to the galaxy.

And how does this affect Pluto the dog at Disneyworld? Is he downgraded too?

Maybe we should consider taking some of the tiny little countries in Europe and merging them into one big country. Like Supercountries.

Personally, I don't think it's wise to piss off the God of the Dead.

I myself will always consider Pluto a planet.

Just in case.

Well, that does it. The names of the planets were the only things left to me of my education. As of today, nothing I learned in school is true any longer.

persiphone_hellecat said:

I am really bummed about this. It messes up my astrological charts for the next 100 years. What's next? Nothing is safe. First they take away Pluto and next thing you know, they're after Uranus. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Just because a planet is little doesnt make it worthless to the galaxy.

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It's not just Pluto's size, it's other things like its orbit which is eliptical around the sun as opposed to circular like the other planets. But fear not, Uranus is the third largest planet by size and fourth by mass so it won't be going anywhere soon.

clock_work9 said:

It's not just Pluto's size, it's other things like its orbit which is eliptical around the sun as opposed to circular like the other planets. But fear not, Uranus is the third largest planet by size and fourth by mass so it won't be going anywhere soon.

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Not only is Pluto's orbit highly elliptical, but it is inclined at a significant angle compared to the disk orbits of the eight normal planets, indicating it formed by a different process. That's the major argument. Frankly, my dear, most astronomers don't give a damn. It is what it is, as are the other newly discovered planetoidal objects way way out there, and more are sure to be found, some of which may be even bigger than "Xena", which is larger than Pluto, and whose discovery triggered the semantic controversy. All very interesting stuff, regardless what you call it.

caw.

persiphone_hellecat said:

Just because a planet is little doesnt make it worthless to the galaxy.

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It's not about size (don't they always say that). Scientists have fought long and hard (puns not intended) over the past decades to determine if Pluto is indeed a planet. Many believed that Pluto is just a large asteroid, part of the Kuiper belt.

When i heard about that this morning, it almost put a damper on my day. I was rootin' for Pluto all this time, and now.... ::sigh::

I guess my very earnest mother just served us napalm.

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It's even more depressing than that.

My Very Enthusiastic Mother Just Served Us......nothing. (sigh)

If it's up to SpookyWriter, it would be:

My very eager mother just served us nobby.

Pluto is a planet!

Pluto is real!

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And now that they've decided it's too small, how is Kuiper going to keep his pants from falling down around his ankles?

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I wish people would stop cracking wise and start taking this Siriusly. I'm all for jokes when the time is right but most of these puns are just Barred. It doesn't Bode well so for God's sake, Beehive. Honestly, what a load of Pollux.

Unique said:

Pluto is a planet!

Pluto is real!

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Oh sure...

Who the hell is the IAU? Screw 'em. We'll make this call ourselves.