Pluto Humor

I just finished The Pluto Files. It is a light-hearted and serious account of how astrophysicist Tyson of the Hayden Planetarium single-handedly demoted Pluto's status as a planet.

Here is an excerpt from the book, which quotes a humorous 2/16/01 NYT op-ed piece by Eric Metaxas on the mistreatment of Pluto with the following mock headlines:

"TROPICS OF CAPRICORN AND CANCER TO BE ABOLISHED

TOMATO UNEQUIVOCALLY DECLARED A VEGETABLE

GREAT LAKES TO BECOME FIRST FRESHWATER OCEAN

BEIGE TAUPE AND MAUVE LOSE COLOR STATUS

60S STARTED IN 1963

TEXAS DECLARES ITSELF A SUBCONTINENT

EUROPEAN MAPS TO DROP LICHTENSTEIN

METER AND YARD SHAKE HANDS

ASTERISK REMOVED FROM GERALD FORD'S PRESIDENCY

TAB AND ZIMA LOSE BEVERAGE STATUS"

CKY