The largest solar system drive in the world, I’m told, has the Sun represented by the telescope at Siding Springs observatory in Coonabarabran, from which you can drive to Pluto 200km away (it was a planet when the drive was constructed)
Leaving aside everyone’s obsession with Amelia’s Saturn moon, a lots of other nice details there: Will Henry rocks, Rose is a very practical person (earthly), Spud is with his head on Mars, and Wallace’s character fits Jupiter quite well :)
Amelia is smarter than she lets on if she put herself in position 7 expecting the assignment of planet 7’s name. Mrs. Macintosh should have called her Titan. That’s a Saturn moon, it’s the second-biggest moon in the solar system, and it has a thick atmosphere the color of Amelia’s hair.
enigmamz 10 days ago
That’s not the name of one of Saturn’s moons!!!
Ivy Valory Premium Member 10 days ago
Amelia’s expression of fiendish and unabashed glee as she is about to be called …
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 10 days ago
She was hoping for the Sun. Had a bunch of " burn" jokes at the ready.
Emma Dahmer 10 days ago
Hehe, funny planet name
Faustus Mitternacht 10 days ago
Neptune?
Firebat 10 days ago
I would have been interested in how Amelia might have interpreted ‘Uranus’.
Ida No 10 days ago
But, but, but, Uranus is literally “God of the Heavens.”
A Common 'tator 10 days ago
In America, wouldn’t those “bop/boops” constitute court action, for physical assault ?
Batteries 9 days ago
The number of people who don’t get this is concerning.
Kroykali 9 days ago
Now they say it’s pronounced UR-a-NOOS. Trying to find a way to say it without embarrassment. Why not just change the name?
Kroykali 9 days ago
Wallace is the largest planet while poor Spud is a small one.
Trond Sätre Premium Member 9 days ago
Give her Titan or Phoebe, at least.
Kroykali 9 days ago
So Amelia can be Titan, the only moon with a thick atmosphere. I’d take it.
SeanT 9 days ago
Wait, I can’t find Uranus
Calvinist1966 9 days ago
Actually, a moon joke would be much the same as a Uranus joke.
Pigs_Will_Fly 9 days ago
Seagull is the Sun!! :)
crookedwolf Premium Member 9 days ago
I LOL’d WAY too loud at this, and almost disturbed the COL..!
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 9 days ago
C’mon, do it to scale.
The largest solar system drive in the world, I’m told, has the Sun represented by the telescope at Siding Springs observatory in Coonabarabran, from which you can drive to Pluto 200km away (it was a planet when the drive was constructed)
Ignatz Premium Member 9 days ago
Being named for one of Saturn’s moon would be really rad.
Well, not completely rad, more rad-ish.
jschumaker 9 days ago
Amelia’s anticipation, followed by Mrs. MacIntosh’s quick thinking had me laughing out loud.
goboboyd 9 days ago
I’d like to be the Voyageur probe, leaving the solar system for endless space. (Otherwise known as daydreaming)
Brian Premium Member 9 days ago
One of my elementary school teachers refused to say it, she’d call it Your-in-eas.
DaBump Premium Member 9 days ago
Aw, but she WANTED to be the next planet! And you can pronounce it “yer-uh-nuss”
NRHAWK Premium Member 9 days ago
It took me a second. Almost snorted my coffee.
Snoopy Copter 9 days ago
I love Amelia’s smile in the third panel. She is like, “GIVE ME THE POWER OF IMPENDING DOOM!”
scyphi26 9 days ago
Well-played, teacher.
morningglory73 Premium Member 9 days ago
Oh! Right, right. Amelia was hoping to be Uranus.
rhpii 9 days ago
She knew better than to hand that one liner to Amelia.
oish 9 days ago
So instead of mooning the whole class, she can only moon Saturn
Fontessa 9 days ago
I still call Pluto a planet.
brooklyn51 9 days ago
This is not Mrs. MacIntosh’s first solar system.
moondog42 Premium Member 9 days ago
Jupiter and Saturn
Oberon, Miranda, and Titania
Neptune, Titan, stars can frighten
miltondavis 9 days ago
With ten grand-kids and three great-grand kids, RADISHES is my new cussword. Replaces all the great cuss-words I’ve had for the last 70 years. :)
BallotBoxer 9 days ago
Caelus. The next planet is Caelus. Let’s make Uranus use a Roman name like all the other Solar System planets. More uniform that way.
BFletch651 9 days ago
“Titan” works.
VanLaser 9 days ago
Leaving aside everyone’s obsession with Amelia’s Saturn moon, a lots of other nice details there: Will Henry rocks, Rose is a very practical person (earthly), Spud is with his head on Mars, and Wallace’s character fits Jupiter quite well :)
coffeeturtle 9 days ago
Biscuits!
GKBOWOOD Premium Member 9 days ago
U-ran-out-on-us. Or Nott-mi-anus. Or Urine-on-us…nope not that!!
MichiganMitten 9 days ago
Amelia is smarter than she lets on if she put herself in position 7 expecting the assignment of planet 7’s name. Mrs. Macintosh should have called her Titan. That’s a Saturn moon, it’s the second-biggest moon in the solar system, and it has a thick atmosphere the color of Amelia’s hair.
Gamerkillss 9 days ago
anyone who knows… you know
Taracinablue 9 days ago
I like the colored speech bubbles. Perhaps she used a different pitch for each planet =)
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr 9 days ago
Too few planets, way more children.
If Mrs. Macintosh named the moons along the way Amelia could be Io.