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And our news channels still won’t let go of Pluto. A perfect case of yet another non-issue being converted into nonsense of paramount importance. Reminds of an exchange between Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes, from A Study in Scarlet…
“But the Solar System!” I protested.
“What the deuce is it to me?” he interrupted impatiently; “you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.”
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first reaction, ‘where do i leave my reply’
second, thanks for the study in scarlet bit
third, u’ve a nice blog.
i still think they could have at least given pluto Honorary Planet Status after making it believe for so many YEARS that it met the requirements of the job!
but thats just me