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Graysith

posted 08-29-2006 03:56 PM    
Ok, as some of you might already be aware, scientists have FINALLY come up with "THE DEFINITION" of what differentiates a planet from other dark and cold bodies that orbit stars. As a direct result, our solar system no longer has nine planets, but eight... with various and sundry "dwarf planets," of which the recently demoted Pluto is now a member.

There was a memorization device by which the (former) nine planets could be learned; personally I can't recall it but it has something to do with "my mother" and a "pizza" (the words "my" and "mother" standing for Mercury and Mars, and "pizza" of course for Pluto).

LET'S COME UP WITH A NEW ONE NOW!!! The eight planets in order outward from the sun are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

GO FOR IT!!


Rykounagin

posted 08-29-2006 04:01 PM    
My Viciously Evil Mother Sat Joking Upon.... what for the N? Nature?

Graysith

posted 08-29-2006 04:22 PM    
Maliciously Voracious Eels Might Jiggle Saliciously Underneath Nanny...?

My Very Enlightened Master Just Sat Upon Nanook...?

[ 08-29-2006 04:25 PM: Message edited 1 time, lastly by Graysith ]


Thea Morgan

posted 08-30-2006 10:55 PM    
Oh sadness! Poor Pluto - he must be feeling so rejected....

Graysith

posted 08-31-2006 02:43 PM    
Nah, he's way out there in his goofy orbit, doing the celestial happy dance with his partner Charon...

Rykounagin

posted 08-31-2006 06:42 PM    
Gray, remember the point of these phrases is to REMEMBER them. I don't think I could remember your first one to save my life!

Thea Morgan

posted 08-31-2006 08:16 PM    
At least he isn't lonely...

How about:
Mary's Violet Eyes Make John Stay Up Nights


Graysith

posted 09-01-2006 03:01 AM    
OOOH!!!

That's a winner, Thea!!

*Kinda partial to violet eyes...*


Thea Morgan

posted 09-01-2006 06:18 PM    
Thaks Gs, but i can't really take too much credit for it - I just took the one word I could never remember off the mnemonic I learned in grade school - its much easier to remember this way...