So much for my very eager mother just serving us nine pizzas

Published on August 25, 2006 By InBloom In Current Events

As you probably know, Pluto has now officially been demoted to a "dwarf"...stripped of its elite "ninth planet from the sun" status...I know the argument over whether or not it was a planet has long been around...but it's still a bit of a surprise to me that it was officially stripped of its title.

Ah well...I guess we'll have to shorten the well known saying to My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nachos...

Comments (Page 1)

SanChonino

on Aug 25, 2006

I miss my Pluto. It was always my favorite planet growing up, just because I thought it had the coolest name.

Stupid astronomers!

Jythier

on Aug 25, 2006

How can they strip it of planet status? Did Pluto change recently, or did they change the definition, or were the astonomers just so dumb they don't know a planet from a dwarf?

Pluto will always be an honorary planet in my heart. Especially when it crashes into Neptune. We'll see what a dwarf can do then!

Dr Guy

on Aug 25, 2006

Guess Pizza sales are goin gto plummet.

UBoB

on Aug 25, 2006

Did Pluto change recently, or did they change the definition,

Yes, Pluto in no longer a dog but a very large cat with dog like features.

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 25, 2006

Would you rather memorize eight or a couple hundred? How many balls of ice or meteor fragments do we need to name?

Well, I wouldn't mind it so much if it wasn't just a few years after the inane decision that Lake Champlain is a great lake, blowing the HOMES pneumonic out the window, and setting the stage for Wisconsin to war over Lake Winnebago's status (and the massive federal dollars that come with it) on the same claims to such status as Champlain holds.

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 25, 2006

Oh, and, they messed up "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". Gordon Lightfoot should sue.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

SanChonino

on Aug 25, 2006

At the local planetarium, the director has put a huge black sash over the Pluto display that says, "RIP Pluto". Let's all shed a tear for the loss of the lil' guy . . .

Demosthenes Locke

on Aug 25, 2006

Even if it doesn't fit the definition, would it have been that much of a travesty to grandfather it in? Of course, once those of us who remember it are gone, it'll be irrelevant anyway, and I'm sure most of us will cease to care after some time.

But Pluto was my favorite planet too. Something about being so far out there, the rogue planet and all.

Shovelheat

on Aug 25, 2006

I've never heard that little thing! It's like the Eat All Day Get Big Easy thing to remember the guitar strings. Coolness.

Tova7

on Aug 25, 2006

Ah, bummer.

So long as you get to keep Uranus all should be well!

InBloom

on Aug 25, 2006

Thanks for showing some love to the little guy.

Zoologist03

on Aug 25, 2006

Don't forget that added Ceres and that 2003 UB(some odd number thingy) as dwarf planets.
Or at least they're talking about upgrading them to dwarf planets...might not have officially completed that yet.

~Zoo

InBloom

on Aug 25, 2006

Zoo

~~Don't forget that added Ceres and that 2003 UB(some odd number thingy) as dwarf planets.
Or at least they're talking about upgrading them to dwarf planets...might not have officially completed that yet.~~

I read about those...I guess they haven't been officially inaugurated into planetdom yet?

Trudygolightly

on Aug 25, 2006

a planet by any other name is still "Pluto" to me!!

uDigItTheMost

on Aug 26, 2006

David Letterman said, Now that Pluto has lost it's planet status it plans to run as an independent.

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