RIP Pluto

[ycartrob]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/24/pluto.ap/index.html

[dragonboy]

Phew, I thought Mickey's dog had died for a minute there  :-/

[primushead]

Damn.

Well pluto is still a planet to me.  I'm not gonna let some 'scientist' from the Czech Republic tell me otherwise.

I'm here for you Pluto!

[SMc55]

What about those cute mnemonics? My favourite is Many Versatile Elephants Munched Juicy Sweets Upon New Plates. Common sense will prevail and it will remain a planet I'm confident  :-/. (Beautiful picture Tracy)

[Angry Ewok]

"...the International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of the planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930."

...and so there it was, Pluto was tossed out of the Astronimical Union Planetarium, and into the streets - where it lived out the rest of its life humiliated, and poverty-stricken.

[dragonboy]

Not sure about anyone else but I don't think I'll ever be able to listen to Holst in the same way again...

[dragonboy]

...& how will this will effect The Jacket's 09-08-01 show at the Planetarium? Will some of the tracks now be dis-allowed & stricken from the record?
Download from aMD's link whilst you still have chance!!!

[ycartrob]

What about those cute mnemonics? My favourite is Many Versatile Elephants Munched Juicy Sweets Upon New Plates. Common sense will prevail and it will remain a planet I'm confident  :-/. (Beautiful picture Tracy)

thanks. I took it that night I was close to Uranus...

[ycartrob]

you know, I am middle aged, but I really can't talk about Uranus without laughing a little inside. It's so juvenile, so Bevis and Butthead, so Wayne's World. But damnit, I cannot help it!

Sometimes at night I like to have a glass of Pinot and walk outside, stare into the starry sky and dream of being on Uranus...

[sweatboard]

Yeah I took the boys and girls club kids to the planetarium a couple of weeks ago and this 11 year old started asking the guy all these questions about Uranus.  Which I thought was really strange because he doesn't even know you.. ;D oh man, it never gets unfunny.  I had to laugh at the kid though because he was able to pretty much keep a straight face so the guy had to play along and try to answer the questions.  The kid was like......So, is it true that Uranus smells bad?  He had some other better ones but I can't remember them right now.

[ycartrob]

Not sure about anyone else but I don't think I'll ever be able to listen to Holst in the same way again...

Holst did not have a piece for Pluto. However, I know for sure he did Uranus...In fact, I remember him saying Uranus was the tightest one of them all.

[SMc55]

Now people on the TV talk of 'you run us' to make it sound less rude I guess. Spoilsports. Do they do that in the US?

[Angry Ewok]

I've heard people pronounce it urine-us, but that sounds no better.

[BH]

This thread should continue to infiniti.

I am telling you, you guys are on fire today.  [glb]Tzzzssss![/glb]

LOL ;D

[Coltrane]

Maaaan, mutha fuckin' Pluto owes me money! ! ! !

[tomEisenbraun]

sons of bitches. there goes everything i learned in elementary school.

they can't just do that.

sons of bitches.

[MMJ_fanatic]

not really upset about this--guess I knew I would never visit it.

[ycartrob]

not really upset about this--guess I knew I would never visit it.

What? You have never paid a visit to Uranus? Wow. I met a ton of people who have been on Uranus, they say it's like heaven...

[Meddle]

Why does it have to be the moon of a planet. Can't it be it's own planet with no moons?

[sweatboard]

Tracy, what about the reports of a Large Hemroid Belt surrounding Uranus?