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Gus: So, you heard about Pluto?...thats messed up right?


Of course, when they demoted a planet, they would do it the one named by a woman.

1 posted on 05/13/2009 4:10:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 05/13/2009 4:16:23 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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How about the person who named Uranus?


3 posted on 05/13/2009 4:17:33 PM PDT by max americana
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The person who named the planet before Pluto was really upset at the scientist and said they ought to name the new planet after that scientists back side...and the name stuck. Uranus.


4 posted on 05/13/2009 4:18:34 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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Lesser known was that the popular magazine was named after her twin sister, Vanitia Phair...


6 posted on 05/13/2009 4:32:08 PM PDT by mikrofon (I'd rate it Phair to midland)
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Now that she is dead, I suggest we change the name in honor of our president: Zero.


7 posted on 05/13/2009 4:34:24 PM PDT by LiberConservative
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I reckon she might of died from being 90!


9 posted on 05/13/2009 4:45:54 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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Thanks nick.
 
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12 posted on 05/13/2009 5:06:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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15 posted on 05/13/2009 5:16:00 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
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as a girl, She Named Pluto

Ha! Goes to show what I know, all these years I thought it was Mickey.........

16 posted on 05/13/2009 5:18:59 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (This country isn't going to hell in a handbasket, it's riding shotgun in an Indy car....)
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