[SunkenCiv]

And NO, the planet isn't called UR-eness, that was some stupid fiction pushed by the left wing imbecile Carl Sagan. The name comes from Greek myth, and the Greeks punch the second syl-LA-ble. I'm glad we had this talk.

Uranus is officially the weirdest planet in our solar system

[RandallFlagg]

It’s not pronounced urine-us?

[LukeL]

Are we really doing this?

[cabbieguy]

Damn, I thought it was Barney Frank.

[Vendome]

Charmin discovered Uranus

[BeauBo]

“Greeks punch the second syl-LA-ble”

Apparently, they also got to tag Uranus.

[Kush]

Whomever it was, they certainly weren't invited to search for it by me. I have standards.

Kush

[kaehurowing]

What a coincidence, I got a colonoscopy today! They gave me a whole report about Uranus.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Whoever first sat on a cucumber and his friends said “that thing went up youranus”. To which he replied, that sounds like a good name for the next planet we discover, and the rest is history. /sarc. It’s late at night and I don’t think I won the lottery.

[Telepathic Intruder]

If you want to make a group of otherwise intelligent, mature adults sound like naughty 6 year olds, just start a discussion of planet Uranus on the internet :)

[fieldmarshaldj]

[Candor7]

Who Discovered Uranus?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Unlike Chuck Schumer, Barrack Obama and many other demoncrats, I discovered my own./s

The others obviously had some pedophile discover theirs before they themselves could./s

This explains why Schumer, Obama and most Donks are such dishonest touch-holes.

[2nd Amendment]

Star Trek chased Klingons around Uranus

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Best headline of the week ...

[Uncle Miltie]

My Ma.

[a fool in paradise]

Some dirty bugger, no doubt

[kenmcg]

Who Discovered Uranus?

Keep your hands to yourself!

[Wuli]

Who discovered Uranus?

I think my mom was first.

[Paul R.]

Yes, but (seriously), in Greek does the 2nd syllable in this case contain a long or short vowel?

I disagree with the linked vid about life on such a planet — it’d most likely occur, if it does, in a water ocean well under the surface.

Slightly OT: An interesting question is whether intelligent life (think Star Trek 4) could evolve in such an ocean. Sure, dolphins & such are quite smart, but, they developed from land animals who may have been fairly bright themselves. Having had to deal with raccoons occasionally... Those little varmints are darn smart. I keep wondering what could be developed if they were bred aggressively for size, longevity, and brain capacity. Then again, we might not want the competition! (Good sci-fi story basis?)

[Fiji Hill]

The first recorded instance of Uranus being spotted in the night sky is believed to date back to Classical Antiquity. During the 2nd century BCE BC, Hipparchos - the Greek astronomer, mathematician and founder of trigonometry - apparently recorded the planet as a star in his star catalogue (completed in 129 BCE BC)....

FIFY!

[Delta 21]

Both hands, a map and a flashlight may be needed.........