So much for my very eager mother just serving us nine pizzas

I miss my Pluto. It was always my favorite planet growing up, just because I thought it had the coolest name.

Stupid astronomers!

How can they strip it of planet status? Did Pluto change recently, or did they change the definition, or were the astonomers just so dumb they don't know a planet from a dwarf?

Pluto will always be an honorary planet in my heart. Especially when it crashes into Neptune. We'll see what a dwarf can do then!

Guess Pizza sales are goin gto plummet.

Did Pluto change recently, or did they change the definition,

Yes, Pluto in no longer a dog but a very large cat with dog like features.

Would you rather memorize eight or a couple hundred? How many balls of ice or meteor fragments do we need to name?

Well, I wouldn't mind it so much if it wasn't just a few years after the inane decision that Lake Champlain is a great lake, blowing the HOMES pneumonic out the window, and setting the stage for Wisconsin to war over Lake Winnebago's status (and the massive federal dollars that come with it) on the same claims to such status as Champlain holds.

Oh, and, they messed up "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". Gordon Lightfoot should sue.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

At the local planetarium, the director has put a huge black sash over the Pluto display that says, "RIP Pluto". Let's all shed a tear for the loss of the lil' guy . . .

Even if it doesn't fit the definition, would it have been that much of a travesty to grandfather it in? Of course, once those of us who remember it are gone, it'll be irrelevant anyway, and I'm sure most of us will cease to care after some time.

But Pluto was my favorite planet too. Something about being so far out there, the rogue planet and all.

I've never heard that little thing! It's like the Eat All Day Get Big Easy thing to remember the guitar strings. Coolness.

Ah, bummer.

So long as you get to keep Uranus all should be well!

Thanks for showing some love to the little guy.

Don't forget that added Ceres and that 2003 UB(some odd number thingy) as dwarf planets.
Or at least they're talking about upgrading them to dwarf planets...might not have officially completed that yet.

~Zoo

Zoo

~~Don't forget that added Ceres and that 2003 UB(some odd number thingy) as dwarf planets.
Or at least they're talking about upgrading them to dwarf planets...might not have officially completed that yet.~~

I read about those...I guess they haven't been officially inaugurated into planetdom yet?

a planet by any other name is still "Pluto" to me!!

David Letterman said, Now that Pluto has lost it's planet status it plans to run as an independent.

~~a planet by any other name is still "Pluto" to me!!~~

I agree with ya, Trudy.

~~David Letterman said, Now that Pluto has lost it's planet status it plans to run as an independent.~~

Funny, honey.

I looked it up, LW. It stands for the lines on a treble clef.

Also, I wonder how many of you still recall the "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" saying for remembering the order of math operations.


And while this is not a mnemonic, I've shared this little poem with people for remembering how many days are in the months:

30 Days hath September,
April, June, and November.
February has 28 alone...
All the rest have 31.
Excepting leap year... that's the time
When February's days are 29.

Goofy but still helps me remember.

"Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" saying for remembering the order of math operations.

That gets a little shakey when you're doing limits, differentials, and integrals.

~Zoo

Oh since we're doing mneumonic devices here's one that is as hilarious as it is useful:

Kyle,
Please
Come
Over
For
Gay
Sex

Which stands for the order of classification in science:

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

This really does help a lot.

~Zoo

---This really does help a lot.---

It helps you as in you remember the classification better, or it helps when Kyle comes over your house?


Only joking, Zoo, so don't get too angry.

~~Which stands for the order of classification in science:~~

I've never heard of that one...lol.

30 Days hath September, April, June, and November. February has 28 alone... All the rest have 31. Excepting leap year... that's the time When February's days are 29.

Dreissig Tage hat Septembre,
Avril, Juni und Novembre
Febraur hat acht und zwanzig
Alle ander hat ein und dreissig.

It actually works better in German.

30 Days hath September,April, June, and November.February has 28 alone...All the rest have 31.Excepting leap year... that's the timeWhen February's days are 29.

I still use this one too and taught it to my kids. I don't even think they remember it!!


Then of course there's 'i before e except after c' concept!


Aw gee, Pluto...I heard the news. What a thing to happen after all the time spent in school learning about it!

Only joking, Zoo, so don't get too angry.

Grr! You're lucky I have a sense of humor.

~Zoo