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A few years back (in 2006 to be exact), Pluto was demoted to ‘dwarf planet’, since size-wise it just did not measure up to the rest of the planets in the solar system. Due to some new calculations of the size of Pluto and Eris (another icy body ‘near’ Pluto) there may now be the need to give Pluto back its former title.

The new finding brings renewed attention to Pluto, and to the controversial decision to strip the frigid world of its planet status. Should Pluto be a planet? Should Eris, and many other objects circling the sun beyond Neptune’s orbit? Or is the current system, which recognizes just eight relatively large planets, the way to go? (Yahoo!)

THANK GOD that our scientists spend a lot of time deciding on the proper label to give heavenly bodies. For who knows what would happen if we call Pluto a planet, when it is really a dwarf planet or vise versa. Indeed, the most important scientific discoveries would be nothing if not categorized properly and given an appropriate label.

Not only is sarcasm not the lowest form of wit, but scientific proof has emerged in the past few years that understanding sarcasm requires social intelligence lacking in people who've suffered damage to a section of the right brain known as the parahippocampal gyrus. Using videotaped exchanges and MRIs of the brain, Katherine P. Rankin, a neuropsychologist and assistant professor in the Memory and Aging Center at the University of California, San Francisco, conducted an Awareness of Social Inference Test to measure the brain reactions of people responding to words that are straightforward on paper but delivered sarcastically. She found that people suffering from a progressive brain disease known as semantic dementia failed to perceive sarcasm.

After presenting her findings at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting in 2008, The New York Times reports, Dr. Rankin was asked if a difference in brain areas could explain the inability of people with intact brains to detect sarcasm. "We all have strengths and weaknesses in our cognitive abilities, including our ability to detect social cues," Rankin said. There was no indication of whether people with semantic dementia were able to understand puns.
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Sarcastic Haikus
Once in a while I'll get a sarcastic haiku from visitors. They are all finely crafted and can be from a haiku master for all I know. Some of them are so sarcastic that I'm not even sure if they are actually sarcastic or if my mind is just playing tricks on me. Regardless, without any further ado, here are the sarcastic haikus
Sarcastic Quotes
If you can't say it yourself why not enjoy the things that others have said? That's right, there is no reason not to enjoy what others who are better than you have said. Their observations about the world and it's people are laid bare for anyone to enjoy; to that end, I've collected some sarcastic or especially witty quotes.

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”

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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”

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This is rather self explanatory...BUT here is the explanation anyway: Invite people. Not just friends, lots of people... random invite if you want! Free lifetime happiness for anyone that invites the most!