Why are suns and planets spherical .........

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qfufs slips in and out again wearing his newly discovered 'cloak of invisibility' ( I kid you not, I read something last week about some real progress having been made - granted down at a very small level - in this perhaps questionable field of study)

(Off topic again but ala Whitman, the thread is large and contains multitudes ;) )
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wayfriend wrote: (Massachusetts is a pretty shibbolithic place as well, in terms of towns.
I recall from my Cape time that Worcester is Brit-like Wooster.
Also that the things in your dresser are "draws"...but you "drawer" pictures.
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wayfriend wrote: (Massachusetts is a pretty shibbolithic place as well, in terms of towns.
I recall from my Cape time that Worcester is Brit-like Wooster.
Also that the things in your dresser are "draws"...but you "drawer" pictures.
Opposit way V - as an artist I draw my drawers in the drawer.
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qfufs wrote:
Opposit way V - as an artist I draw my drawers in the drawer.
Sure, dude.
Your peccadillos are fine with me [as long as you keep your doodling ouy of my drawers]
But your statement is incorrect, because you aren't a Massachusettonian...and they were the species being [off-topically] discussed.

Anyway, been meaning to ask if the Sons of the Plantagenets were spherical or not?
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Vraith wrote:Anyway, been meaning to ask if the Sons of the Plantagenets were spherical or not?
I hear that parts of them were.

And big, too. Hence the name*.

* which arises from the latin Planeta gonadia.
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wayfriend wrote:
Vraith wrote:Anyway, been meaning to ask if the Sons of the Plantagenets were spherical or not?
I hear that parts of them were.

And big, too. Hence the name*.

* which arises from the latin Planeta gonadia.
Nice try---you fooled a lot with the name of the twinkling star, but you ain't fooling no one with space balls jokes.
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You're all mad - but then it's only to be expected, you're Americans! ( ;) ).
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"Why are suns and planets spherical..."

Well, it's rumored that God originally wanted to spend a lot of time and energy making stars and planets as triangular prisms.
But then He decided to cut corners.
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Cord Hurn wrote:"Why are suns and planets spherical..."

Well, it's rumored that God originally wanted to spend a lot of time and energy making stars and planets as triangular prisms.
But then He decided to cut corners.

That's an interesting angle...but could you round it out a bit?
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Well,
it's rumored
that God originally
wanted to spend a lot
of time and energy making
stars and planets as tri-
angular prisms. But
then He decided
to cut corners.
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:lol: :clap:
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Cord Hurn wrote:Well,
it's rumored
that God originally
wanted to spend a lot
of time and energy making
stars and planets as tri-
angular prisms. But
then He decided
to cut corners.
:wink:
Very nice. I think, Cord, you are ready for your Main[sequenc]ing.
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Because they weren't crapped out by Wombats.
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Cord Hurn wrote:"Why are suns and planets spherical..."

Well, it's rumored that God originally wanted to spend a lot of time and energy making stars and planets as triangular prisms.
But then He decided to cut corners.

That's an interesting angle...but could you round it out a bit?
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Vraith wrote:
Cord Hurn wrote:"Why are suns and planets spherical..."

Well, it's rumored that God originally wanted to spend a lot of time and energy making stars and planets as triangular prisms.
But then He decided to cut corners.

That's an interesting angle...but could you round it out a bit?
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I had a Shibboleth once... got better...
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I think we can confidently blame the left, democrats generally and presumably also the Obama administration .. theyre all anti cubist
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So that it doesn't roll down the hill and wake up the sleeping trolls.
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