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From: chrisj@netcom.UUCP (Christopher T. Jewell)
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Subject: Solar system (Was Re: CS/Math mnemonics  (Was Re: PI))
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Date: 5 Jan 91 09:41:43 GMT
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In article <27693.27842fa8@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> kinnersley@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Bill Kinnersley) writes:

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>Planets in order from the sun:
>
>  Mary's Violet Eyes Made John Stay Up Nights Permanently
> 
Mother Very Easily Made A Jelly Sandwich Using No Peanuts

(Encountered in Robt Anton Wilson's satirical _Schroedinger's_Cat_
_Trilogy_, in which an astronomer discovers two more planets beyond
Pluto, and names them Mickey and Goofy, so the novel's version was
a couple of words longer.  That ``A'' of course stands for the asteroid
belt.)


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