uranus
Original ID : 6556 Created On : 2006-09-22 Last Modified : 2006-09-23
A planet discovered by William Herschel on March 13, 1781, and named ‘Uranus’ by him, for a laugh . An absolute comedy staple of geography lessons, and by far the funniest of all the planets. Examples of usage include:
“Miss! Last night I looked through a telescope and I could see Uranus!”
“Miss! I know Saturn has rings, but what about the ring of Uranus?”
“Miss! Is Uranus part of a constellation? Is it Great Bare or is it the Big Dipper?”
Recently, teachers have tried to convince us that it is pronounced ’ Err -en-us’, but their efforts are likely to be thwarted by the announcement that planet ‘X’ is to be officially recognised, and re-named ‘Stinkycornhole’.