Vote for Contraction Passes

[Limey]

No, not baseball.  Astronomers just contracted the Solar System to eight planets.  Pluto gets the Twins treatment, and is no longer a major league planet.

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What do they think it is then?

[Limey]

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What do they think it is then?

It's a "Dwarf Planet", which applies to Pluto and "any other round object that hasn't cleared its neighbourhood and isn't a satellite".  Basically, they pulled a Selig and came up with a very specific definition that takes Pluto out of planetary status, rather than let a few more bodies in.  It's not clear whether Pat Buchanan was involved.

[No? in Austin]

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What do they think it is then?

It's a Mickey Mouse planet.  Or maybe just plain goofy!

[Bench]

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Basically, they pulled a Selig and came up with a very specific definition that takes Pluto out of planetary status, rather than let a few more bodies in.  

If they really wanted to pull a Selig, than the vote would have been tied and the committee would have announced that when it comes to the next planet "this time it counts!"

[S.P. Rodriguez]

How do I remember the planets now?

M(ercury)y
V(enus)ery
E(arth)ducated
M(ars)other
J(upiter)ust
S(aturn)aid
U(ranus)-
N(eptune)eed
P(luto)ep!  

The Pep is gone!  The Pep is gone!!

[Trey]

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How do I remember the planets now?

M(ercury)y
V(enus)ery
E(arth)ducated
M(ars)other
J(upiter)ust
S(aturn)aid
U(ranus)-
N(eptune)eed
P(luto)ep!  

The Pep is gone!  The Pep is gone!!

My Very Elephantine Mother Just Sat Upon Nancy.

Thank you,  thesaurus.com

[Andyzipp]

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How do I remember the planets now?

M(ercury)organ
V(enus)ery
E(arth)arnestly
M(ars)asticated
J(upiter)illons of
S(aturn)unflower seeds
U(ranus)ntil
N(eptune)odding off while strike 3 was called.
 

[OldBlevins]

Would Pluto be saved if the Marlins built a new stadium there?

[toddthebod]

my very educated mother just served us noodles

[OldBlevins]

You know, I'm sorriest for the kids on Pluto.  They'll be really disappointed.

[MusicMan]

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How do I remember the planets now?

M(ercury)organ
V(enus)ery
E(arth)arnestly
M(ars)asticated
J(upiter)illons of
S(aturn)unflower seeds
U(ranus)ntil
N(eptune)odding off while strike 3 was called.
 

 

Bravo, sir.

[homer]

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You know, I'm sorriest for the kids on Pluto.  They'll be really disappointed.

Anderson Cooper is on the way to get a reaction. Where is FEMA in all of this?

[Froback]

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You know, I'm sorriest for the kids on Pluto.  They'll be really disappointed.

Anderson Cooper is on the way to get a reaction. Where is FEMA in all of this?

I am sure the Democrats are already formulating a way to blame this on Bush too.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

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No, not baseball.  Astronomers just contracted the Solar System to eight planets.  Pluto gets the Twins treatment, and is no longer a major league planet.

It never really was... like the Expos.

[No? in Austin]

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No, not baseball.  Astronomers just contracted the Solar System to eight planets.  Pluto gets the Twins treatment, and is no longer a major league planet.

It never really was... like the Expos.

Like the old St. Louis Browns trying to survive in the shadows of the Cardinals, any planet that can be eclipse by Uranus doesn't deserve to be a planet!

[HudsonHawk]

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You know, I'm sorriest for the kids on Pluto.  They'll be really disappointed.

Anderson Cooper is on the way to get a reaction. Where is FEMA in all of this?

I am sure the Democrats are already formulating a way to blame this on Bush too.

No, Bush is already blaming it on the "liberal media".  He said "if Pluto remains a planet, then the terrorists win".

[S.P. Rodriguez]

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You know, I'm sorriest for the kids on Pluto.  They'll be really disappointed.

Anderson Cooper is on the way to get a reaction. Where is FEMA in all of this?

I am sure the Democrats are already formulating a way to blame this on Bush too.

No, Bush is already blaming it on the "liberal media".  He said "if Pluto remains a planet, then the terrorists win".

Hmmm... Just goes to show you have to check all your sources.  I read that Gore was pointing to this decision as further proof of global warming.  He's now vowing not to rest until our space exploration vehicles employ a carbon-neutral energy source, at least to leave the atmosphere (which he and Clinton created) of course.

[Lefty]

Well, Pluto is the "darkest" planet.  I blame Drayton.

[HudsonHawk]

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Hmmm... Just goes to show you have to check all your sources.  I read that Gore was pointing to this decision as further proof of global warming.  He's now vowing not to rest until our space exploration vehicles employ a carbon-neutral energy source, at least to leave the atmosphere (which he and Clinton created) of course.

Pluto had an atmospher long before Clinton/Gore.  In fact, that's where Ann Coulter went to have his/her sex change operation.

[No? in Austin]

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Hmmm... Just goes to show you have to check all your sources.  I read that Gore was pointing to this decision as further proof of global warming.  He's now vowing not to rest until our space exploration vehicles employ a carbon-neutral energy source, at least to leave the atmosphere (which he and Clinton created) of course.

Pluto had an atmospher long before Clinton/Gore.  In fact, that's where Ann Coulter went to have his/her sex change operation.

Al Gore invented Pluto.

[HudsonHawk]

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Al Gore invented Pluto.

No, I believe that was Richard Justice.

[S.P. Rodriguez]

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Hmmm... Just goes to show you have to check all your sources.  I read that Gore was pointing to this decision as further proof of global warming.  He's now vowing not to rest until our space exploration vehicles employ a carbon-neutral energy source, at least to leave the atmosphere (which he and Clinton created) of course.

Pluto had an atmospher long before Clinton/Gore.  In fact, that's where Ann Coulter went to have his/her sex change operation.

Interesting.  I did not know that. Ann "He/She" Coulter must be the person who helped that Arquette brother/sister find someone to perform his/her operation.

[HudsonHawk]

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Interesting.  I did not know that. Ann "He/She" Coulter must be the person who helped that Arquette brother/sister find someone to perform his/her operation.

Isn't he/she Arquette married to Courtney Cox?  Gotta give him/her credit for that one.

[S.P. Rodriguez]

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Interesting.  I did not know that. Ann "He/She" Coulter must be the person who helped that Arquette brother/sister find someone to perform his/her operation.

Isn't he/she Arquette married to Courtney Cox?  Gotta give him/her credit for that one.

Wrong Arquette.  He/She is the one who speaks to dead people on NBC.

[HudsonHawk]

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Interesting.  I did not know that. Ann "He/She" Coulter must be the person who helped that Arquette brother/sister find someone to perform his/her operation.

Isn't he/she Arquette married to Courtney Cox?  Gotta give him/her credit for that one.

Wrong Arquette.  He/She is the one who speaks to dead people on NBC.

Damn.  I get confused.  I need to watch Entertainment Tonight more often.

[S.P. Rodriguez]

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Interesting.  I did not know that. Ann "He/She" Coulter must be the person who helped that Arquette brother/sister find someone to perform his/her operation.

Isn't he/she Arquette married to Courtney Cox?  Gotta give him/her credit for that one.

Wrong Arquette.  He/She is the one who speaks to dead people on NBC.

Damn.  I get confused.  I need to watch Entertainment Tonight more often.

I find E!'s Daily 10 much more exciting.  If you can, catch Brian "Man Pretty" Seacrest the half hour before.  You won't regret it....

[mihoba]

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rather than let a few more bodies in.  

I thought it was silly a few weeks ago when they wanted 12 planets, including our solar systems largest asteroid, Ceres. That would have watered down the 'neighborhood.'

[pravata]

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rather than let a few more bodies in.  

I thought it was silly a few weeks ago when they wanted 12 planets, including our solar systems largest asteroid, Ceres. That would have watered down the 'neighborhood.'

Not to mention sending every astronomy geek with a telescope and low speed film into a frenzy to find a fuzzy moving dot that they can name Xena, Inara, or Buffy.

[No? in Austin]

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rather than let a few more bodies in.  

I thought it was silly a few weeks ago when they wanted 12 planets, including our solar systems largest asteroid, Ceres. That would have watered down the 'neighborhood.'

Not to mention sending every astronomy geek with a telescope and low speed film into a frenzy to find a fuzzy moving dot that they can name Xena, Inara, or Buffy.

This is how it all begins to end!  The numero uno solar system, nobody could touch it, life was good... the only game in the universe!  But then the powers that be screwed with it, try to oversaturate the market, expanded to quickly, watered down the product and boom! (or is it "BANG!")... the solar system watching fans find other systems to spend their dollars on.

Alpha Centuri... Pegasus... now our great Solar System is nothing by #3 in the market and losing ground quickly.  My how things change so quickly in a million years.  May as well take an asteroid to it and get it over with!  *sigh*

[pravata]

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rather than let a few more bodies in.  

I thought it was silly a few weeks ago when they wanted 12 planets, including our solar systems largest asteroid, Ceres. That would have watered down the 'neighborhood.'

Not to mention sending every astronomy geek with a telescope and low speed film into a frenzy to find a fuzzy moving dot that they can name Xena, Inara, or Buffy.

This is how it all begins to end!  The numero uno solar system, nobody could touch it, life was good... the only game in the universe!  But then the powers that be screwed with it, try to oversaturate the market, expanded to quickly, watered down the product and boom! (or is it "BANG!")... the solar system watching fans find other systems to spend their dollars on.

Alpha Centuri... Pegasus... now our great Solar System is nothing by #3 in the market and losing ground quickly.  My how things change so quickly in a million years.  May as well take an asteroid to it and get it over with!  *sigh*

It's a subject of many arguments.  There are, of course, bbs on the subject.  The question "do you even WATCH the sky?!" comes up often.

[mihoba]

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It's a subject of many arguments.  There are, of course, bbs on the subject.  The question "do you even WATCH the sky?!" comes up often.

I was watching, but Mars was as big as the full moon and created mega light pollution on my Dobsonian Refractor.

[Arky Vaughan]

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I thought it was silly a few weeks ago when they wanted 12 planets, including our solar systems largest asteroid, Ceres. That would have watered down the 'neighborhood.'

I heard that because Pluto couldn't clear its neighborhood, it had a problem with its zone rating, and that's why it was demoted. If it had hit better in the No. 9 hole, however, that might've made up for it.

[pravata]

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It's a subject of many arguments.  There are, of course, bbs on the subject.  The question "do you even WATCH the sky?!" comes up often.

I was watching, but Mars was as big as the full moon and created mega light pollution on my Dobsonian Refractor.

Refractor? What is that a fancy word for a neck ache? (I get my astronomy trash talk from upUranus.org)

[mihoba]

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(I get my astronomy trash talk from upUranus.org)

Now thats one I haven't checked out. I'll leave it to the brown dwarf seekers.

[Limey]

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I am sure the Democrats are already formulating a way to blame this on Bush too.

It's a shame really.  It's one less planet for Bush to promise to send man to, and then do nothing else about it.

[Limey]

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It's a subject of many arguments.  There are, of course, bbs on the subject.  The question "do you even WATCH the sky?!" comes up often.

I see dead people.  No...wait...it's David Duchovny's career.