Huh

[annundriel]

So Pluto's only a dwarf planet.

Speaking of Pluto, why is it that Disney's Pluto was a regular dog, but Goofy got to be like Mickey and Donald? That's the burning question I want answered.

Off to Seattle later this afternoon. Will be back sometime Sunday. Since Natasha's moved into our apartment, Mom and I will stop on our way over and drop some stuff off to ease the process of moving in September. Exciting!

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[paperbackpocket.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I read about Pluto. Weird.

I wonder if this mean future kids will learn from planet charts with one less planet on it.

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

It was either that or have something like 12 planets in the solar system. I guess there just comes a time when you have to say, "No, our solar system can only be so big."

Pluto, what an outsider.

[paperbackpocket.livejournal.com]

Ha, I guess so. Pluto shall just have to be my favourite non-planet then.

Seems crazy that after all these years they can just strip Pluto of its planetary title. Crazy that they have that kind of power.

scientist Joan: Well, we were walking down the street the other day when it hit us.
interviewer Sam: The realization that if you calculate the gravitational pull of the sun vs. the distance between the two and add in Pluto mass weight, that it was in fact not a planet at all?
scientist Joan: No. A kid's bouncy ball. It hit us. But yes, then we realized Pluto was not a planet.
interviewer Sam: Wow. So why's that?
scientist Joan: Because...... we said its not. You see we never cared for Pluto much. Wanted to blow it up, but the government would not let us. Sooooo, like my ungle Ted twice removed on his mother's side, we decided we'd send it into exile. Pretend it doesn't even exist. If we can't get rid of it physically, we'll do it on all the school charts. Yes, that's right. No more Pluto in OUR kid's learning system! HAHAHA [evil laugh]!!!!!

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

If only Pluto could clear its own oribital neighborhood it could join the planetary party.

Hee! The interview cracked me up, but I laughed out loud at, "No. A kid's bouncy ball. It hit us."

[ginnith.livejournal.com]

No longer shall children remember the nine planets by the fun acronym My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas. No, now we will have the less helpful My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos. What is the world coming to?

*pounce*

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

No one ever taught me that in the first place! My education is sorely lacking in mnemonic devices.

::is pounced::

[subjectivreview.livejournal.com]

Goofy isn't really a dog, he is an amorphose animal thing that was never really defined.

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

I still believe he's a dog. And just because I wanted to know what other people thought, here's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofy#Art_Babbitt.27s_analysis_of_Goofy) what Wikipedia has to say.

No matter what he is, Pluto's still stuck as the pet of a overgrown rodent.