Slopfest #80 · 2006 · Vienna

Pluto Is Still Invited

Astronomers demoted Pluto to dwarf planet. Slopfest does not demote. Pluto keeps its VIP badge.

#80Negative eaten by the office cat.

Laminated VIP lanyard, close-up: 'PLUTO, PLANET, SLOPFEST #80', a handwritten note taped on: 'disagrees with the IAU'

Museum status: Pending acquisition by a museum of modern art. Pending since the day it was made.

Venue: Karl-Marx-Hof, the same courtyard as in 1930
Attendance: 23,500
Fun fact: 76 years as a planet, forever as a guest

What happened

In protest, the committee returned to the courtyard where Pluto was first welcomed in 1930 and reaffirmed its planetary status by 380 votes to 2. Pluto's VIP lanyard hangs in the committee office. A motion to also admit Ceres was tabled, since nobody could say who Ceres was.

Elsewhere in 2006

The International Astronomical Union reclassifies Pluto as a dwarf planet, leaving the solar system with eight planets.

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