Friday, August 25, 2006
Who stole my planet???
Scientists today got together and proclaimed that Pluto was no longer a planet. School textbooks are rapidly being updated to change the description of Pluto from "our solar system's 9th planet" to "yet another useless hunk of space crap floating around the sun and generally making a nusance of itself".
Meanwhile speculation rages on about the existance of another planet beyond Pluto's orbit, formerly known as Planet X. It was called Planet X because it would have been the 10th planet and X, as we all know, is the Roman numeral for 10. I suspect they will continue to call it planet X, since planet IX just doesn't have the same catchy ring in Madison Ave. marketing circles.
The existance of Planet X (IX?) has been put forth as a way to explain the erratic orbit of Neptune, which wanders through the solar system on a long eliptical orbit, even going beyond Pluto for part of it's run. The gravity that little Pluto exerts is not enough to explain the wild orbit of Neptune, hence the speculation of another full fledged planet.
Frankly I think Neptune is just a slush who can't hold his cheap booze and goes wandering about the galaxy like a drunken sailor on his first night of shore leave. And no matter what that rip off artist Stephen Hawking will claim, that's my theory and I thought of it first!
Meanwhile speculation rages on about the existance of another planet beyond Pluto's orbit, formerly known as Planet X. It was called Planet X because it would have been the 10th planet and X, as we all know, is the Roman numeral for 10. I suspect they will continue to call it planet X, since planet IX just doesn't have the same catchy ring in Madison Ave. marketing circles.
The existance of Planet X (IX?) has been put forth as a way to explain the erratic orbit of Neptune, which wanders through the solar system on a long eliptical orbit, even going beyond Pluto for part of it's run. The gravity that little Pluto exerts is not enough to explain the wild orbit of Neptune, hence the speculation of another full fledged planet.
Frankly I think Neptune is just a slush who can't hold his cheap booze and goes wandering about the galaxy like a drunken sailor on his first night of shore leave. And no matter what that rip off artist Stephen Hawking will claim, that's my theory and I thought of it first!
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Neat blog Dude.
Hunter (3rd grade) came in from school a few days ago all sad like. He said, “Dad, Pluto got demoted.”
It was some of the saddest words I’ve ever heard him say. I was thinking – Who the hell is Pluto? Thinking – mind you, not saying.
I asked Hunter, “What are you talking about?”
Hunter made it sound so sad and such a big deal. It was as if something actually happened to Pluto to merit demotion. Something like – Pluto lied on the “Planet Application Form” or failed a drug test of something.
Man! We need to demote some friggin’ scientists or something. Take them out and get them drunk so maybe they will chill-out. If nothing else - whack them with a bloody axe!
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Hunter (3rd grade) came in from school a few days ago all sad like. He said, “Dad, Pluto got demoted.”
It was some of the saddest words I’ve ever heard him say. I was thinking – Who the hell is Pluto? Thinking – mind you, not saying.
I asked Hunter, “What are you talking about?”
Hunter made it sound so sad and such a big deal. It was as if something actually happened to Pluto to merit demotion. Something like – Pluto lied on the “Planet Application Form” or failed a drug test of something.
Man! We need to demote some friggin’ scientists or something. Take them out and get them drunk so maybe they will chill-out. If nothing else - whack them with a bloody axe!
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