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Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.

-Samuel Smiles

Pluto Promoted*

* commercially, that is.

A little follow up to Rick’s article Pluto Demoted from the other day. In the comments section, I joked:

They're just doing it for the money, of course. Now everybody has to buy new T-shirts and placemats and whatever else we all own that has pictures of the nine planets. It's the same as when a sports franchise switches jersies - it's about revenue.

Well, thanks to "feminist mom" for pointing us to this article:

Scores of Web-savvy sellers hoping to support — and cash in — on Pluto's demotion to a "dwarf planet" bombarded the Internet hawking Pluto memorabilia worthy of a presidential candidate, from T-shirts and mugs to bumper stickers and mouse pads.

Okay, these people are taking a different approach to the situation than I had jokingly taken, but it’s still pretty funny imho. And in the spirit of having some fun, I am presenting a design for a T-shirt or perhaps poster. Any other ideas?

Posted by Wulf on August 25, 2006 at 05:24 PM

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You know, to some feminists the term "feminist mom" would be an oxymoron. I'd like to know what feminist mom has to say about that - especially written up in an AB article.

Posted by: Rammage at August 28, 2006 11:30 PM

Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.

-Samuel Smiles

Pluto Promoted*

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