Can I have Uranus for $200, Alex?

[madinmaryland]

:wtf:

Yeah, Uranus is a category on Jeopardy tonight.

[kentauros]

1. Well, it is a strange planet

what with being tilted over and all....

[KamaAina]

2. Well, I did see him strolling down Bourbon Street once

he was in town for a syndicated TV convention.

[rug]

3. You can have mine for $1,000.

[madinmaryland]

4. Did you wash Uranus??

[pokerfan]

5. I understand that there are rings around Uranus

In 2620, astronomers renamed Uranus to Urectum to end that stupid joke once and for all. (Futurama)

[MiddleFingerMom]

15. Actually, the media "re-pronounced" the planet's name...

.
... around 10 years ago or more.
.
Some satellite or other was approaching Uranus and would be making
MAJOR news for quite a while with the pictures it would be sending
back, so to be proactive about the fact that so MANY funny unintended
um... boners would be committed onair with news personnel, they
"re-named" it "YOUR-uh-nus", instead of the traditional "Your-RAY-nus".
.
Party poopers.
.

.

[tonekat]

16. I remember them using the "new" pronunciation

And laughing at the network news' silliness about it.

[Angleae]

6. Now all we need is Sean Connery

[murielm99]

7. I thought it was funny that the person who discovered it

named it George, after King George III.

Actually, it was Georgium Sidus.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, GEORGE???

[woo me with science]

8. I think it would be a more popular planet with that name.

You know, the kinda planet you'd like to go out and have a beer with. :toast:

[jmowreader]

13. It should be named John or Barack in that case

If you went out with the planet George for a beer, it would drink both your beers, then the beer of everyone else in the bar, then start two wars after letting a 757 fly into the side of the bar.

[woo me with science]

17. Bwah!

:rofl:

[TommyO]

9. Why is everybody forgetting Planet Bob?

[Orsino]

10. We should call its orbit the Herschel Highway. n/t

[Blue_Tires]

11. Not a fan of the ladies, EH, Trebek??

[Doc_Technical]

12. "That's famous TITLES Mr.Connery, not famous TITTIES!

[Lil Missy]

14. Sorry, mine got ripped off with a brazillion wax.

And it hurt.

[Inchworm]

19. Hmmm

I'm a little curious here...

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing.

He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as
the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

:yoiks:

[Bucky]

18. Is that the one that's turned sideways, or is it Neptune?

I'm too lazy to Wiki right now.