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To: BenLurkin

Who gave it that idiotic name?


2 posted on 12/29/2018 7:52:17 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: DesertRhino

“Who gave it that idiotic name?”

Maybe the guy who discovered it, when he first saw it, said “Ooooh, Mama!!!” and it stuck?


5 posted on 12/29/2018 7:56:53 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: DesertRhino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQrQjNNZCAo


6 posted on 12/29/2018 7:57:38 AM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: DesertRhino

An astronomer saw it and said “Oh mama!”
The lab writers for the observatory gave it a weird spelling.


10 posted on 12/29/2018 8:01:11 AM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: DesertRhino
Who gave it that idiotic name?

I thought it looked Hawaiian and I was right. Scroll down to "Nomenclature."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ʻOumuamua

11 posted on 12/29/2018 8:01:52 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: DesertRhino
Sounds like a Hawaiian flower or fish 🐠
13 posted on 12/29/2018 8:02:23 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: DesertRhino

Oumuamua’s momma.


22 posted on 12/29/2018 8:14:32 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: DesertRhino

Papa did.


25 posted on 12/29/2018 8:23:49 AM PST by Hootowl
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To: DesertRhino

They didn’t feel comfortable calling it Wormwood?


31 posted on 12/29/2018 8:50:35 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: DesertRhino

“Who gave it that idiotic name?”

Someone listening to a Beach Boys album?

https://youtu.be/Qm8uB8h9jEw


34 posted on 12/29/2018 9:04:41 AM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: DesertRhino
Who gave it that idiotic name?

lol...love freepers. Cut RIGHT to the heart of the matter! :-) 😄

39 posted on 12/30/2018 11:01:06 AM PST by DouglasKC
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