A few years back there was a big shock
When Pluto got a nasty knock
But the public persuaded
The nerds. They upgraded
Our hero. You’re back, you great rock.
John Moynes
Pic: Nasa
UPDATE: Fake news (see comments)
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Pluto is still not a planet, your link is to an April Fool’s post.
Pluto is a planet. It’s just that it’s a dwarf planet.
Super sad face.
he prefers planet of restricted growth
King Flippy Nips hard at work.
Bravo sir
If it doesn’t come from one of Bodger’s conspiracy websites, it’s not real, amirite?
‘mon lads. From the linked article:
“We didn’t think anyone would really care if a little clump of ice and rock on the outskirts of the solar system was reclassified. Clearly, we dun messed up, and that makes me super sad face.”
edalicious and all, sorry. A rare slip by Moynes.
He’s been doing A Limerick A Day for what is it now… eight, going on nine years?
This is but a minor blip :)
Clampers, even on his holidays. A national treasure.
The National Association of Scribes and Assonance reclassified limericks so that they were no longer officially regarded as poems but as small clumps of words and rhyme floating on the far outer fringes of the form, but thankfully that turned out to be an April Fool’s.
Nice!