[ohanian]

Reuters
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New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, added 60 cents to close at $US72.36 a barrel.

This sharp acute rise in oil price is due to Pluto being stripped of it's planetary status. For years, economists had known that astrology had a major impact on the movement of money around the world. This sudden lose of an influence of planet on global astrology readings had resulted in a sharp upwards jerk in the global price of oil.

However, the definition of a planet approved after a heated debate among 2500 scientists from the International Astronomical Union (IAU) meeting in Prague drew a clear distinction between Pluto and the other eight planets.

"Those darn astronomers had kicked us in the groin!" said a prominent astrologer. "First they call us crackpots and now they throw a spanner into our forecasting machinery without even giving us a warning!"

"I had clients calling up in the middle of the night. " said another important astrology. "They demand the I give them refunds because all my readings and reports are all off track. It's a financial disaster! Our reputation is in tatters. Would anyone trust an astrologer again?"

[FireJack]

Just waiting for that successful terroist attack, it would be nice to see people get a good slap in the face. At least the econmomic collapse would slow down our rampart ecological destruction.

[themallard]

Yeah... I think that describes it better than any verbal explanation.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ohanian', '"')I had clients calling up in the middle of the night. " said another important astrology. "They demand the I give them refunds because all my readings and reports are all off track. It's a financial disaster! Our reputation is in tatters. Would anyone trust an astrologer again?"

[mrobert]

This is a joke ... right?

[Lighthouse]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mrobert', 'T')his is a joke ... right?

[NEOPO]

Thats the joke!!

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ohanian', '"')Those darn astronomers had kicked us in the groin!" said a prominent astrologer. "First they call us crackpots and now they throw a spanner into our forecasting machinery without even giving us a warning!"

[mrobert]

Oh come on ... astrology was a big hobby of mine while growing up. But I mainly liked it's scientific (math) part and reading a lot of interesting things. But I never ran my life based on it.

What's next?
Something with the Simpsons?

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mrobert', 'B')ut I mainly liked it's scientific (math) part

[mrobert]

Not myth.
There was some interesting math in calculating the position of the planets on their orbits, at a give time, and create some nice maps/charts.

Well ... not something really usefull, but it was some good math exercise.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mrobert', 'N')ot myth.
There was some interesting math in calculating the position of the planets on their orbits, at a give time, and create some nice maps/charts.

Well ... not something really usefull, but it was some good math exercise.

[mrobert]

So rogerhb, what did you achieve by learning the table of multiplications?
Does it really help you to know that 6x7 = 42?

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mrobert', 'S')o rogerhb, what did you achieve by learning the table of multiplications?
Does it really help you to know that 6x7 = 42?

[emersonbiggins]

"My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine what!???"

[peaker_2005]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('emersonbiggins', '"')[s]My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine what!???"[/s]