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Yay! NV Whino Dec 2014 #1
H.P. Lovecraft wasn't that thrilled with it starroute Dec 2014 #21
Merry Christmas to you too!!! Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #40
Oh, blow it out Uranus! pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #2
Now thats seriously funny! My vote for post of the day..... Rowdyboy Dec 2014 #79
sorry, no it isn't - 'Pluto...recognised as of a new class of Trans-Neptunian Objects' Baclava Dec 2014 #3
Yes it is. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #31
I'm not gonna be the one to tell you Santa isn't real Baclava Dec 2014 #38
Waaaaaaaaaaa!!! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #42
there, there......how about a nice sugar plum Baclava Dec 2014 #46
Hic......well, ok......sniffle..... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #51
Santa isn't real? Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #76
shhhhh...He knows if you're awake Baclava Dec 2014 #105
Yes, we should call it a "little planet" not a dwarf. nt brush Dec 2014 #109
Oh, we wanted to name the planets, and now we've named them all... 1monster Dec 2014 #45
Yeah, if Pluto is a full-fledged planet, then what do we call the larger Eris? nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #93
Perhaps the definition of planet can be extended to have an "honorary" category. n/t Silent3 Dec 2014 #4
My very easy method just speeds up naming planets Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #5
"Mary's violet eyes make Jack stay up nights perhaps." CTyankee Dec 2014 #7
My Very Elegant Mother Just Sat Upon Nine Porcupines ThoughtCriminal Dec 2014 #10
My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas tabasco Dec 2014 #89
Mother Very Easily Made A Jam Sandwich Using No Peanuts, Mayonnaise or Glue Fozzledick Dec 2014 #100
That's good! Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #112
My dog has fleas Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #14
"perhaps not." n/t eggplant Dec 2014 #17
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles. n/t ColesCountyDem Dec 2014 #53
That's the one I learned. nt Tree-Hugger Dec 2014 #113
I learned this in fifth grade: LiberalElite Dec 2014 #56
My subject line was a mnemonic and nobody picked up on it Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #62
Too cleverly disguised LiberalElite Dec 2014 #69
drats, you are correct..I missed it too. Very clever of you. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #71
I'm holding out for a fruitcake Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #73
Uhh, no hugo_from_TN Dec 2014 #6
DWARFS ARE PLANETS TOO DAMMIT!!! JaneyVee Dec 2014 #11
Of course I read it...... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #34
A dwarf planet is not a planet Reter Dec 2014 #85
not really, it just doesn't, measure up.. snooper2 Dec 2014 #8
Seems appropriate. hifiguy Dec 2014 #9
Apropos of nothing... Je me souviens Dec 2014 #28
"Number 9, number 9..." nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #95
FNORD!! hifiguy Dec 2014 #97
Yay, Pluto! KansDem Dec 2014 #12
Oh thank god, you get it.... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #35
Back in my day we had 9 planets! GummyBearz Dec 2014 #13
We're ancient pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #16
Yeah....and watch out for this planet erasing guy.....he is too clever by half. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #54
You mean to tell me . . . Brigid Dec 2014 #57
Actually, yes.... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #58
Hee hee. Brigid Dec 2014 #94
GummyBearz Diclotican Dec 2014 #55
That's Mister Pluto to you! Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #15
Like Porky Pig, Pluto is rogerashton Dec 2014 #18
Well played..... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #36
Pluto will always be a planet in my eyes. baldguy Dec 2014 #19
HTH.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #33
LOL!!!!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #37
NO HE IS NOT! He's a character in Animal House! ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2014 #20
I thought that was Bluto? csziggy Dec 2014 #64
Same size AND shape. ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2014 #74
That's Senator Blutarsky! Kennah Dec 2014 #107
Not yet, if in our lifetimes or ever Android3.14 Dec 2014 #22
I hate to dampen the celebration but... jimlup Dec 2014 #23
Some of us never stopped believing in you, Pluto. n/t. jtuck004 Dec 2014 #24
They are forming a POG right now ...Plutocratic Oligarch Group. L0oniX Dec 2014 #115
I don't care if it just puts out hot air, I'm gonna defend it to the end. jtuck004 Dec 2014 #122
Ruh Roh... WillyT Dec 2014 #25
I'm sorry, calling Pluto a major planet is just stupid. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #26
Who calls it a major planet????? dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #39
It is the very model of a modern major plantetoid! Kennah Dec 2014 #106
I see what you did there.... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #108
Does size matter or does size not matter? chknltl Dec 2014 #27
It's less the size and more about orbit clearing AND the fact that if we call MillennialDem Dec 2014 #61
They prefer to be called Little Planets. bluesbassman Dec 2014 #29
I think they should be called Petite Planets - it's more alliterative csziggy Dec 2014 #68
Much better than the phrase they came up with: plutoid. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #72
Not to mention it's Pluto centric view of the universe Kennah Dec 2014 #104
He'll always be a dog to me. nt valerief Dec 2014 #30
There are LOTS of dwarf planets in the solar system... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #32
I think it should have never been changed being that it was such a big part of astronomical history. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #41
What a wonderfull holiday gift! Hubert Flottz Dec 2014 #43
Merry Christmas! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #44
There is a Zen parable for that eridani Dec 2014 #49
Schrödinger's planet, then. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #52
a rocky body formed wih this solar system wouldnt be out past the gas giants belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #47
This was argued here a while back. Igel Dec 2014 #48
Oh yeah! Well the scientists said I was wrong about the tomato rock Dec 2014 #50
For many of us it never changed. Finally, the rest of you guys are catching up! Rowdyboy Dec 2014 #59
Why don't we call all of these (and 10,000 others) planets? MillennialDem Dec 2014 #66
You know...maybe we should. Xolodno Dec 2014 #70
Because thats not what my 6th grade teacher, Mrs. McBride, said in 1966.... Rowdyboy Dec 2014 #78
I had 6th grade in 1992 and MVEMJSUNP was drilled into my head too - but you really MillennialDem Dec 2014 #80
Misleading Headline Ryan Fitzomething Dec 2014 #60
It's not a planet unless Ceres, Eris, and Sedna are also planets. MillennialDem Dec 2014 #63
so what about Goofy ? olddots Dec 2014 #65
The IAU opinion is all that matters. longship Dec 2014 #67
Why is this so important to people? Maedhros Dec 2014 #75
We want you to vote Plutocratic anyway. L0oniX Dec 2014 #116
Pluto was voted out MFM008 Dec 2014 #77
It never stopped being a Planet for me.. glad they're catching up. :) Cha Dec 2014 #81
I've always been struck by how worked up people get over this (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2014 #82
I hate neat little boxes..... paleotn Dec 2014 #83
For Astrologers... sendero Dec 2014 #84
I liked when a few of them tried suing the IAU or NASA(?!) over the redefinition.. Posteritatis Dec 2014 #92
I thought Pluto was a dog in Walt Disney cartoons. B Calm Dec 2014 #86
Pluto is a breath mint! First Speaker Dec 2014 #87
I met Dr. Tombaugh at New Mexico State University tabasco Dec 2014 #88
Those first discoverer's get all the headlines dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #90
Sorry, but fuck you, Pluto. You're not big enough to be a planet. Bucky Dec 2014 #91
Stop picking on him! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #101
New Horizons will tell us a lot in July. roamer65 Dec 2014 #96
This was in my understanding the status quo. The "demotion" was to this type of object from planet. TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #98
Poor Pluto, they always pick on him shenmue Dec 2014 #99
Couldn't Goofy be a planet too? LiberalEsto Dec 2014 #102
Number 9… number 9…. number 9… number 9…. MrMickeysMom Dec 2014 #103
Exactly!!!! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #110
And, to you, too, dixiegrrrrl! MrMickeysMom Dec 2014 #120
It was never a planet by any self-consistent and meaningful standard. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #111
I hear they have a Plutocracy form of government there ...just like we do. L0oniX Dec 2014 #114
I'm so happy! ladyVet Dec 2014 #117
Can't afford a planet of your own? Hubert Flottz Dec 2014 #118
Scorpios get half of their glory back! Quantess Dec 2014 #119
Exactly!!!! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #121
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