Re: Pluto's a dwarf

Stuart <bigdakine@xxxxxxx> wrote:

John Wilkins wrote:
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"Gerry Murphy" <gerry_murphy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Féachadóir wrote:
Scríobh TomS <TomS_member@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
"On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:30:21 -0500, in article
<4l5v2bFe4s3U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Wendel Fendel stated..."

Brian Westley wrote:

"Bill Hudson" <oldgeek61-951@xxxxxxxxx> writes:


http://www.startribune.com/789/story/633140.html


If you are upset that there are now only 8 'official'
planets, take heart, for now Snow White has an additional
dwarf to cater to her.


The terraists have won.

Saying that Pluto is not a planet is a lot of Mickey Mouse.

And will the International Geographical Union come up with a
definition of "continent" so that Europe is no longer a
continent?

It isn't. It's a peninsula of Asia.

And what is Africa?



Part of the largest continent, for which Asimov once suggested the name
Eurafrasia.

I know a way out of this! Tectonic plate boundaries!

So what about Agreenland? It starts with A, is completely surrounded by
water, and is even bigger than Australia. It's right on this map! Teach
the controversy!

Mercatorialist! Greenland is much smaller than Australia on *real* maps.

Australia is just a large Island.

Stuart

AUSTRALIA, n.
A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial
development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute
among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.

Ambrose Beirce, Devil's Dictionary
--
John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biohumanities Project
University of Queensland - Blog: scienceblogs.com/evolvingthoughts
"He used... sarcasm. He knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, metaphor,
bathos, puns, parody, litotes and... satire. He was vicious."

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