Wednesday, 11 March 2009

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It occurs to me that, between us all, we inhabitants of this planet could have come up with a much better name for it. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter: they're alright, but Earth? Let's name all the other planets after Roman gods, and let's name our own one after that mucky brown stuff in the ground.

Or maybe it is appropriate, after all?

I hereby declare a competition to think up a better name for our planet. So come on, readers, send your 'Renaming Our Planet' suggestions to Solipsist In Exile. On your marks, get set, go. I'll forward the best suggestion to Prince Charles.

6 comments:

jinjir minjir said...

This side of the galaxy, and until we across someone else as intelligent (or more), I think we are the 'dog's bollocks'.

Or perhaps, 'the Chop Shop'?

Paul said...

Sisyphus?

Mad Cat Lady said...

Home

drodbar said...

Jinjir: How about The Bollocks Shop?


Paul: I like it. I like the sound of the word.

'Think I'll call up someone intelligent,
Maybe Albert Camus,
Say I've got some jokes
I want to try on vous.'
Jonathan Richman


Mad: Yes; an anagram of 'home' is 'eh om'.

Roberta said...

I suspect you're secretly a part-time anagram bot, Drod.

drodbar said...

Artbore: A magnet-trap ram, I.