Why is it called Uranus?

In response to last week’s question, “Why is it called Uranus?,”  my birthday bud Jon declared, “Because Myanus would just sound rude.  ‘Gee, I hope NASA decides to explore Myanus…’ ” to which my social media friend Mark added, “Who would name a planet after their own anus?”

My adjunct executive Lindy pondered, “Why not? It has to be named something” to which my cycling friend Ted called out, ”Cause Yours Ain't Mine!”

My neighbor Al advised, “Because at my age no one talks about my anus.”

My equestrian friend Royce determined it is “because it's at the ass end of our planetary system.”  Then my dad’s beach buddy Bob explained, “It's a Greek thing.  They estimate that there are at least 3100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Uranus has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, not too long or far away from the real thing.”

And my Yiddish temple friend Bob sarcastically replied, “The planet was discovered by William Herschel, a British astronomer, born in Hanover Germany, who was of German and Czech-Jewish origin.  He first considered calling it Meinarschloch or Euretookus, but was talked out of it by his mother who preferred HerschelHighway.  It was his sister, Caroline, a fellow astronomer who finally decided on Uranus because of her fondness for cabbage.

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Hal

Thanks to Demetri Martin, Steven Wright and George Carlin for the inspiration for Hmmm.   I invite you to call or email me to catch up.