Pluto Jokes

A kid said to his Dad, "In school I learned Pluto is in outerspace. But they didn't say where Mickey is."

I read the news today (oh boy!) that Pluto is no longer an official planet. After years of being one of the planetary gang, followed by additional years of contentious debate by astronomers who seem to have nothing better to do with their time, Pluto was (to paraphrase the slogan of a tiresome reality show) voted off the universe.

Honestly, I always loved Pluto as a planet. Being the smallest of the bunch and the furthest from the Sun, Pluto always seemed like the plucky underdog of the heavens. In fact, no one even knew it was there until 1930 – and it took an amateur astronomer to find it, no less (all of the so-called professionals didn’t even know it was there). Plus, it moved to its own drumbeat: rather than run in parallel orbit with the other planets, it had the audacity to cut off Neptune and muscle in on its orbital path.

I can also sympathize with Pluto for being told it’s not good enough to belong. Hell, I think everyone’s been in a situation like more...

Pluto loses status as planet. Also loses court case seeking to be allowed to wear pants in Disney cartoons.

So now it's Happy, Sleepy, Dopey, Bashful, Doc, Grumpy, Sneezy, and Pluto.
I don't think of it as a demotion at all. At least the dwarves have speaking roles.


PS As far as the actual debate goes on whether Pluto is still technically a planet, perhaps some thought should be given to the generations of children that, if Pluto is NOT a planet, will be wondering what My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine of.

According to CNN, leading astronomers have declared that Pluto is no longer a planet due to its small size. For the same reason, astronomers have also declared me a woman.