Postcard of the Day

[fflo]

 

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[sabotabby]

They had to be aware, right?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Aware that there's an ANUS in URANUS?

[sabotabby]

Aware that there's no way to make a Uranus postcard that doesn't sound like a 1970s sci-fi porn parody.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I dunno, but I think I can hear the soundtrack now....

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Man, you just can't talk about the 7th planet without someone in the back of the room snickering.

I should know, I've been teaching astronomy for decades...

I actually thought it was a cool postcard.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

There was a whole series in the '80s. I got several of them.

And as far as the snickering, you could try insisting on pronouncing it yer-AHH-nuss. :) Like "Frahhnkensteen"!

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

The two solutions usually offered are:

Urine-us, which has its own problems, and

OO-ra-noose, which some people think is actually the original pronunciation.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

You know, maybe we're going at this the wrong way. Why should it be the planet who has to change how it sez its name, instead of some asshole?

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Well, you could go back to calling it Georgius Sidum, which is what William Herschel first named it.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Oh, you mean the planet, not the asshole!

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Oops. I misinterpreted your comment. I thought you meant just some asshole off the street, not the platonic ideal of one.

Pardon my misdisambiguation.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Eh, you know, I was just going for the laugh.

Of course I enjoy your coinage here. You're quite coiny lately!

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Which reminds me that I'm down to my last Susan B Anthony. I'll have use another five in the vending machine at school, and see if it's still handing out dollar coins.

I was surprised to discover that not everyone knows that the flip side of the Susan B is the Apollo 11 flight patch.