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Illinois Declares Pluto a Planet

Posted by timothy on from the after-ruling-out-pebble-and-mailing-tube dept.

The Bad Astronomer writes "The legislators in Illinois, always on the lookout for more places to find voters, have passed a resolution declaring Pluto is a planet. I'm not sure what else can be said here, except that — besides overstepping their jurisdiction just a wee bit — they make a couple of scientific howlers in the resolution itself."

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  1. Pff this is ridiculous by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everybody knows Pluto is a dog.

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    1. Re:Pff this is ridiculous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Consider the work they do and how much they manage to get paid for it. My definition of idiot doesn't quite capture that. "Idiot savant" comes closer.

    2. Re:Pff this is ridiculous by Eunuchswear · · Score: 5, Funny

      Is Pluto covered with graveyards that we don't know about or something?

      Way to expose your ignorance.

      Pluto is the fucking king of the underworld!

      If you want to vote the dead, he's the guy to see.

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    3. Re:Pff this is ridiculous by xorsyst · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't joke, the Dog Star is a very sirius matter.

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  2. This just in by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot declares Illinois retarded

  3. Re:Yo mama is so fat... by thomasdz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yo mama is so fat...Illinois declared her a planet
    Yo mama is so ugly, astronomers who look at her think they're looking at Jupiter's moon IO
    Yo mama is so old, her boyfriends CARBON-date her
    Yo mama is so old and fat, her stomach is actually fusing helium with neon to produce magnesium just before she turns into a neutron star!
    Yo mama is so ugly, that when computer scientists look at her, they are immediately reminded of Edsger Dijkstra's letter "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" because they don't want to "Go To" her.

    Ok, that last one got me severely beaten up on the playground when I was a kid, but the rest are funny and hardly trollish.

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  4. Re:Too right! by houghi · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they shorten the mile enough, they can also change the name to meter.

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  5. If Illinois Says it's a Planet, It's a Planet by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't argue. There's already three astronomers at the bottom of Lake Michigan who "begged to differ."

    It's the Chicago way.

  6. Re:There is a good reason for this ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's an easy solution to that, just use 100 year old science texts, Pluto won't be in them at all.

  7. Re:Yo mama is so fat... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You used Edsger Dijkstra references as a kid? I don't think it was the "Yo mama" insults that got you beat up on the playground!

  8. Tomorrow's Headline... by vmxeo · · Score: 5, Funny

    CHICAGO - Federal authorities have indicted several Illinios Senators on corruption charges after an undercover investigation. According to tapes released, Senators called a number of planetoids asking "what they could get" for the title of planet. Rod Blagojevich was unavailable for comment.

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