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Well? What is it? :D

You only need to look at my screenname to figure out what my favorite planet is... :D

EDIT: BTW, I'm talking about astronomy just so you know.

Sorry, but I'd have to say Sol III is definitely my favourite.

I'm sort of partial to Earth after spending these past couple of months here.

I don't see Pern on the list. :D

I think Earth will win big, but I chose Venus. It's my favourite for visibility from Earth, and because of its astrological symbolism, which is love, attraction and refinement.

I'm sort of partial to Earth after spending these past couple of months here.

Me too! What a coincidence, eh? ;)

Earth? Bah! It obstructs my view of Venus.

Earth, it's awfully pleasant here, for the most part.

Gee, I wonder why The Plutonian Empire chose Pluto. :D

Well? What is it? :D

You only need to look at my screenname to figure out what my favorite planet is... :D

Poll coming...

You know... technically Pluto is really more of a Kuiper belt object than a full fledged planet :D

Had to vote for Jupiter - it's so big and has so many cool moons. Jupiter's moons alone are cooler than most planets!

I vote for Pluto cuz my uncle spotted pluto and found it

neptune, it will be keeping itself warm with its self regulating termperature. it's quite neat.

I vote for Pluto cuz my uncle spotted pluto and found it
Got any DIRECT proof of that?

I'm sort of partial to Earth after spending these past couple of months here.

Yeah, I figured you to be just a transient visitor! :D

I vote for Pluto cuz my uncle spotted pluto and found it
Are you saying that your uncle is Clyde Tombaugh, or are you saying that you have an uncle who found Pluto in a telescope?

It was a tossup between Mars and Jupiter. Mars is more famous, but Jupiter is superior I believe. The flowing melody makes it one of the best musical pieces ever composed, in my humble opinion.

We are talking about Holst's "The Planets", right?

Yes my Uncle is Clyde tombaugh

Yes my Uncle is Clyde tombaugh
What's your age?

Yes my Uncle is Clyde tombaugh
Can you please provide us POSTIVE, ABSOLUTE proof that Tombaugh's your uncle?

www.tombaugh.org

I am Eric

It was a tossup between Mars and Jupiter. Mars is more famous, but Jupiter is superior I believe. The flowing melody makes it one of the best musical pieces ever composed, in my humble opinion.

We are talking about Holst's "The Planets", right?
You think that Mars is more famous than Jupiter? I think you've spent too much time in a marching band.

Can you please provide us POSTIVE, ABSOLUTE proof that Tombaugh's your uncle?

How do you expect him(?) to be able to do that over the internet?

How do you expect him(?) to be able to do that over the internet?
Ah! You're right! :headbang:

It was a tossup between Mars and Jupiter. Mars is more famous, but Jupiter is superior I believe. The flowing melody makes it one of the best musical pieces ever composed, in my humble opinion.

We are talking about Holst's "The Planets", right?

Of course! Jupiter's main theme was made in to a beautiful hymn too! I can never get it out of my head once it's in there though. Just thinking about it makes me happy :cool:

How do you expect him(?) to be able to do that over the internet?
I thought he did a pretty good job of it. :D

How do you expect him(?) to be able to do that over the internet?
There is no real way I can prove it over here without giving out personal info... I am only 13

I thought he did a pretty good job of it. :D
Thank you :D

Gahh! Nooooo! Pluto's pulled ahead of Jupiter! It's not even really a planet I tell you!

And what's with all the votes for Earth?

There is no real way I can prove it over here without giving out personal info... I am only 13
Then you are obviously not Brad Tombaugh.

Beyond that...

Clyde Tombaugh was born in 1907, and as such, his parents would have been probably about 20-40. Given this age range, for a parent to have been from the same parents, and you be born (on the uttermost extremes, the maximum childbearing age we're going to use is 50) your parents would have had to have been born in 1937. And in turn, you'd have had to have been born in 1987. This is at the maximum extreme. Highly unrealistic. And since to be currently thirteen you'd have to have been born in 1991 at the earliest, well, you see why I'm skeptical.

I thought he did a pretty good job of it. :D

I didn't. It was a good shot, but was not an absolute proof of identity. It's not his fault that DNA evidence and first-person testimony are hard to present in truly verifiable form online.

In fact, here's a picture of Mr. Brad Tombaugh. If there's a thirteen year old out there who looks like this (and has this much facial hair) then I'm amused.

http://www.tombaugh.org/brad/brad.html

Ah! You're right! :headbang:

Why disbelieve him. After all, it is a pretty outre claim, and really doesn't mean much - no offence.

It's not like he claims to be Donald Rumsfeld or something.

Why disbelieve him. After all, it is a pretty outre claim, and really doesn't mean much - no offence.

It's not like he claims to be Donald Rumsfeld or something.
lol, you're right about that :D

Why disbelieve him. After all, it is a pretty outre claim, and really doesn't mean much - no offence.

It's not like he claims to be Donald Rumsfeld or something.
Hey, I'm Dick Cheney :D !

No I am not brad... I am eric

In fact, here's a picture of Mr. Brad Tombaugh. If there's a thirteen year old out there who looks like this (and has this much facial hair) then I'm amused.

http://www.tombaugh.org/brad/brad.html

Didn't he say he was Eric?

Didn't he say he was Eric?
I could have sworn he said he was Brad, but oh well.

Hey, I'm Dick Cheney :D !

'sup, Dick, we still on for golf on sunday?

In fact, here's a picture of Mr. Brad Tombaugh. If there's a thirteen year old out there who looks like this (and has this much facial hair) then I'm amused.

http://www.tombaugh.org/brad/brad.html

Now that would seem to suggest that BBW is lying. How very unoriginal. Lying is so passe.

Though that would be funny if that was what a 13 year old looked like

'sup, Dick, we still on for golf on sunday?
My heart is bothering me, best not. How about next week, I've got a new heart on the way on tuesday, so I should be fine by then.

My heart is bothering me, best not. How about next week, I've got a new heart on the way on tuesday, so I should be fine by then.
Those stem celled clones paying off again, eh?

My heart is bothering me, best not. How about next week, I've got a new heart on the way on tuesday, so I should be fine by then.

Another one? Man what do you do to those puppies? Dude, you got to lay off the booze.

Spaking of which, remember the office party a few years ago where you got all drunk and decided to invade iraq then blame it on a failure in british intelligence? Tony still hasn't lived that one down.

Those stem celled clones paying off again, eh?
Eh, I've given up on that, now I just use the hearts of innocents. :D

Another one? Man what do you do to those puppies? Dude, you got to lay off the booze.

Spaking of which, remember the office party a few years ago where you got all drunk and decided to invade iraq then blame it on a failure in british intelligence? Tony still hasn't lived that one down.
We even have him still believing that it was British intelligence, and not just some notes we scribbled on the back of a napkin!

You think that Mars is more famous than Jupiter? I think you've spent too much time in a marching band.I guarantee that more Americans have heard Mars than have heard Jupiter, if only because it was featured in the trailer for X2.

And have you heard the Cavaliers' rendition of Jupiter? Far superior to their version of Mars.

I guarantee that more Americans have heard Mars than have heard Jupiter, if only because it was featured in the trailer for X2.

And have you heard the Cavaliers' rendition of Jupiter? Far superior to their version of Mars.
By that metric, Carmina Burana is the most famous piece of music in existence. But how many people do you think could name it?

By that metric, Carmina Burana is the most famous piece of music in existence. But how many people do you think could name it?
About one-three million. I didn't learn of it's existence until...my freshman year of high school, I think...

I guarantee that more Americans have heard Mars than have heard Jupiter, if only because it was featured in the trailer for X2.

And have you heard the Cavaliers' rendition of Jupiter? Far superior to their version of Mars.

I have to agree - Mars is the more famous piece. Mostly because it's been used as incidental music for movies and TV countless times. Jupiter is blissfully spared that sort of overplaying. Jupiter might be better known among people who listen to and play classical music though.

Mercury, because its like Freddy Mercury.

So now the thread has switched to a discussion of Holsts "The Planets" I'm confused.

By that metric, Carmina Burana is the most famous piece of music in existence. But how many people do you think could name it?

I think fame should be measured by recognizability. Besides, I'm positive more people know that Mars is Mars than know Jupiter is Jupiter, there just aren't that many people who know either by name :-P

We even have him still believing that it was British intelligence, and not just some notes we scribbled on the back of a napkin!

What a dumbass! And he keeps coming back for more. I hope he gets the message soon and stops hanging around with us.

He really should get his own freinds.

What a dumbass! And he keeps coming back for more. I hope he gets the message soon and stops hanging around with us.

He really should get his own freinds.
Yeah, I tried to direct him off to the Canadians, but he thought they were too "nerdy." Hell, talk about a nerd. Ol' bad teeth Tony is the king of 'em.

I think fame should be measured by recognizability. Besides, I'm positive more people know that Mars is Mars than know Jupiter is Jupiter, there just aren't that many people who know either by name :-P
I wouldn't be so sure of that. Mars has really only been popular in the past few years. The first time that I heard The Planets, Jupiter was the only one I recognized. Mars sounded eerily similar to a track that John Williams wrote for Star Trek: Generations.

I wouldn't be so sure of that. Mars has really only been popular in the past few years. The first time that I heard The Planets, Jupiter was the only one I recognized. Mars sounded eerily similar to a track that John Williams wrote for Star Trek: Generations.Someone once told me that John Williams' entire career is based on The Planets. I would be inclined to agree with that statement.

Yeah, I tried to direct him off to the Canadians, but he thought they were too "nerdy." Hell, talk about a nerd. Ol' bad teeth Tony is the king of 'em.

Talk about pot and kettle. We should never have been polite to him in the first place. He's a pain too. He keeps IM'ing me about how he doesn't think anyone "likes" him, and how Chirac is always picking on him when the europs get together. Even after I told him I didn't care, he still didn't shut up.

Just so you all know, I was actually talking about astronomy when I started this thread.

I wouldn't be so sure of that. Mars has really only been popular in the past few years. The first time that I heard The Planets, Jupiter was the only one I recognized. Mars sounded eerily similar to a track that John Williams wrote for Star Trek: Generations.


hrmmm... I don't know. I make a habit of making my non musically inclined friends listen to the planets, and none of them ever recognize Jupiter. About 1/3 of them recognize Mars.

It's not a big sample - probably only 8 people or so, but I think Mars is generally more recognized.

Omfg The Seven Seas Of Rhye!

Just so you all know, I was actually talking about astronomy when I started this thread.

I still maintain that Pluto is just a big Kuiper belt object and not a real planet. Of course I'd rather Pluto get the votes than Earth? Why is everyone voting for Earth?!?

I still maintain that Pluto is just a big Kuiper belt object and not a real planet. Of course I'd rather Pluto get the votes than Earth? Why is everyone voting for Earth?!?
Most likely because we're all living on it. I think I"ll start a second poll, this time WITHOUT Earth being included in the poll....

Most likely because we're all living on it. I think I"ll start a second poll, this time WITHOUT Earth being included in the poll....

INCLUDE THE MOON

I still maintain that Pluto is just a big Kuiper belt object and not a real planet. Of course I'd rather Pluto get the votes than Earth? Why is everyone voting for Earth?!?No imagination.

My vote would still go for Jupiter, though. What with the gas giant and its the biggest planet and all them moons and that bigass storm it has going on.

INCLUDE THE MOON
That's a very good idea! thanks!

INCLUDE THE MOON

Well, if you're going to include Kuiper belt objects you might as well include moons too. *mutter*

Mine's the sun

Well, if you're going to include Kuiper belt objects you might as well include moons too. *mutter*
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Talk about pot and kettle. We should never have been polite to him in the first place. He's a pain too. He keeps IM'ing me about how he doesn't think anyone "likes" him, and how Chirac is always picking on him when the europs get together. Even after I told him I didn't care, he still didn't shut up.
Oh, God, his repeated postings in my LiveJournal drive me absolutely nuts. He always complains about Putin to me. It's hilarious. Putin prank calls him all the time, and Tony does is whine in LJ post chain things.

It was a tossup between Mars and Jupiter. Mars is more famous, but Jupiter is superior I believe. The flowing melody makes it one of the best musical pieces ever composed, in my humble opinion.

We are talking about Holst's "The Planets", right?
Umm, no, "Jupiter" would certainly be more famous, and certainly superior, to "Mars".

The moon! any new poll should have Charon! if you have pluto, have Charon, damnit!

Screw the moon! LONG LIVE CHARON!


I voted Jupiter, the only planet to still have spot trouble.

Nobody mention Neptunes great black spot. Wannabe.

The moon! any new poll should have Charon! if you have pluto, have Charon, damnit!

Screw the moon! LONG LIVE CHARON!


I voted Jupiter, the only planet to still have spot trouble.

Nobody mention Neptunes great black spot. Wannabe.
Wanna vote for moons? Here's the other thread. http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=395110&page=2

Earth. All the other planets are rather plain (though I'd still like to visit them).

Yes my Uncle is Clyde tombaugh


Could be his Great Uncle, or something like that.

Abraham Lincoln is my second cousin, nine times removed, or so I've been told!

Anyway, I voted Earth, although I would like to visit Europa!