For historical reasons Pluto should be considered an honorary planet. Everyone who is interested then knows it doesn't meet the normal criteria for planethood, but that it is of sufficient historical significance to be given the honorary title.
Anyone not inquisitive enough to learn the difference between an honorary planet and a normal planet obviously doesn't matter anyways. Such people may be impressed by space missions to "the farthest planet", but other than that the title means nothing to them.
Should we revoke Pluto's status as a planet?
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I say we should give it "honorary planet" status. Part of me screams that's retarded, but I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the poor little piece of rocky shit, Pluto.
Probably because it's named after the God of the Underworld. Come onnnnn, we need a planet like that!
Probably because it's named after the God of the Underworld. Come onnnnn, we need a planet like that!
"The rest of the poem plays upon that pun. On the contrary, says Catullus, although my verses are soft (molliculi ac parum pudici in line 8, reversing the play on words), they can arouse even limp old men. Should Furius and Aurelius have any remaining doubts about Catullus' virility, he offers to fuck them anally and orally to prove otherwise." - Catullus 16, Wikipedia
