Neptune May Have Eaten a Planet and Stolen Its Moon

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @04:36PM from the wakka-wakka-wakka dept.

jitendraharlalka noted a piece about the origins of Neptune. There is a theory now that it once ate a super-earth in the outer solar system, and kept its moon as some sort of macabre trophy to make sure that Mars and Venus didn't get any big ideas.

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What a bastard (Score:4, Funny)

by Pojut ( 1027544 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @04:36PM (#31588908) Homepage

I always knew he was a slimey fuck.

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Next (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @04:38PM (#31588944)

it might lick uranus.

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Re:What a bastard (Score:5, Funny)

by nine-times ( 778537 ) writes: <nine.times@gmail.com> on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @04:45PM (#31589048) Homepage

You don't even want to know what went into Uranus.

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Re:What's that smell? (Score:0, Funny)

by X-Power ( 1009277 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @04:45PM (#31589050)

No that was Uranus :(

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This should be tagged Om-nom-nom. (Score:5, Funny)

by timepilot ( 116247 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @04:45PM (#31589056)

This story should be tagged om-nom-nom.

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Velikovsky (Score:4, Funny)

by camperdave ( 969942 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @04:46PM (#31589082) Journal

Looks like someone signed Velikovsky's book [wikipedia.org] out of the library recently.

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Can't resist... (Score:5, Funny)

by GPLDAN ( 732269 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @04:48PM (#31589100)

' Neptune May Have Eaten a Planet and Stolen Its Moon'

In this way, it is just like Rosie O'Donnell.

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Re:amphromoporthizing (Score:5, Funny)

by Hatta ( 162192 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @04:51PM (#31589142) Journal

You should never anthropomorphize planets. They hate that.

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How many times do I have to tell you (Score:4, Funny)

by Locke2005 ( 849178 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @04:52PM (#31589150)

Don't anthropomorphize the planets... they hate it when you do that!

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Re:What a bastard (Score:4, Funny)

by Cryacin ( 657549 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @04:54PM (#31589176)

Must have given him some pretty bad gas, considering the amount of methane.

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Re:Of course! (Score:3, Funny)

by Cryacin ( 657549 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @04:55PM (#31589186)

Being a Roman god, he would have thrown it up afterwards.

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Re:Next (Score:5, Funny)

by oldspewey ( 1303305 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @04:57PM (#31589204)

Dude, you're posting AC. You don't have to use the "my buddy" cover.

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Copious amounts of maryjoowanna (Score:5, Funny)

by bynary ( 827120 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @05:07PM (#31589314) Homepage

This "news" article reads like the "pot circle" scenes from That 70's Show:

"Oooh, oooh, I know! First the planets form close to the sun!"

"No way! What if they then moved away from the sun and some of the planets ate the other planets!"

"You're blowin' my mind, man!"

"I could eat a planet right now. Anyone have a Mars bar?"

"Mars bar...Marssss bar...Marrrrrrrssssss bar...that's funny..."

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Re:This should be tagged Om-nom-nom. (Score:5, Funny)

by mooingyak ( 720677 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @05:19PM (#31589444)

I went with "badneptunenobiscuit"

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wasted opportunity (Score:2, Funny)

by blair1q ( 305137 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @05:36PM (#31589632) Journal

it's threads like these that make me wish i'd be less compulsive in disposing of my mod points...i had 15 bright, shiny ones yesterday, and wasted them all modding people UP...

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Re:Silly Goose (Score:4, Funny)

by nschubach ( 922175 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @05:39PM (#31589672) Journal

Maybe we should ask Slashdot to lock the whole thread while someone posts a reply to avoid this in the future.

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First Pluto and now this (Score:3, Funny)

by Wiarumas ( 919682 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @05:47PM (#31589770)

First Pluto and now this. Neptune is no longer a planet, but rather a cannibal and a thief.

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Re:What a bastard (Score:3, Funny)

by ooshna ( 1654125 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @05:48PM (#31589776)

My yes, also in 2015 Pluto was reclassified as a planet after the Texas school board voted to include it despite expert advice because "Without Pluto how would The Planet Song end? Neptune's really windy? Its unpatriotic!"

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That's no moon. (Score:5, Funny)

by SteeldrivingJon ( 842919 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @05:49PM (#31589784) Homepage Journal

Was I really the first person to say that on this thread?

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Re:What a bastard (Score:2, Funny)

by sconeu ( 64226 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @05:49PM (#31589788) Homepage Journal

They'll fix you guys! The name will soon be changed to Urectum!

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Re:Silly Goose (Score:3, Funny)

by eleuthero ( 812560 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @06:12PM (#31590088)

The problem is, that Cronus, Chronos, Kronus ... were all iterations of the same general being (much like we have Batman, Batman Forever, Batman (the series), Batman (the animated series) - we are all referring to the same general being and while the description and artwork (and possibly even pronunciation of Bruce Wayne's name) all change, this doesn't change. The same was true for all the myths...

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Re:That's no moon. (Score:4, Funny)

by tool462 ( 677306 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @06:41PM (#31590514)

The Force is weak with these ones today.

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Re:Next (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @08:48PM (#31592132)

He better. I don't want him sullying my good name.

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Re:What a bastard (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @09:03PM (#31592278)

Out of Uranus?

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Cannibal? (Score:2, Funny)

by Mick R ( 932337 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @10:48PM (#31593190)

Which planet did it eat? Planet Kenny? The bastard!

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Neptune May Have Eaten a Planet and Stolen Its Moon

What a bastard (Score:4, Funny)

Next (Score:0, Funny)

Re:What a bastard (Score:5, Funny)

Re:What's that smell? (Score:0, Funny)

This should be tagged Om-nom-nom. (Score:5, Funny)

Velikovsky (Score:4, Funny)

Can't resist... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:amphromoporthizing (Score:5, Funny)

How many times do I have to tell you (Score:4, Funny)

Re:What a bastard (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Of course! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Next (Score:5, Funny)

Copious amounts of maryjoowanna (Score:5, Funny)

Re:This should be tagged Om-nom-nom. (Score:5, Funny)

wasted opportunity (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Silly Goose (Score:4, Funny)

First Pluto and now this (Score:3, Funny)

Re:What a bastard (Score:3, Funny)

That's no moon. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:What a bastard (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Silly Goose (Score:3, Funny)

Re:That's no moon. (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Next (Score:2, Funny)

Re:What a bastard (Score:1, Funny)

Cannibal? (Score:2, Funny)

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