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14 February 2006

How come our moon doesn't have a cool name? All the other moons have cool names.

post by: iconomy at: 14:33 | 22 comments

Isn't our moon Artemis or something? Maybe I'm making that up. Probably.

You could just call it Luna. That's prettyish.

Moons are cool. My sci-fi dream is to live on a moon.

posted by selfnoise 14 February | 14:35

What? You gotta problem with Luna? Luna the Moona.

posted by warbaby 14 February | 14:35

I think we should make it our national goal to name the moon before 2007. How about 'Mylar'?

posted by chewatadistance 14 February | 14:36

Personally, I'm partial to calling it Selene, but Luna is a little sexier than "The Moon".

posted by mosch 14 February | 14:37

i have a great name!

posted by moonbird 14 February | 14:37

Mylar is cool, or maybe Tyvek...

posted by selfnoise 14 February | 14:38

I call it Bob.

posted by jonmc 14 February | 14:40

Luna reminds me of tuna. I want a pretty name or a really cool geeky kind of name. Like Tatiana, or DeathOrb 2000. I demand it.

posted by iconomy 14 February | 14:41

Satellite of Love

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 14 February | 14:43

I propose we replace "that would be a cool band name" with "that would be a cool moon name."

posted by jrossi4r 14 February | 14:44

"Seleni" is one of the Greek words for the moon. I love that.

posted by taz 14 February | 14:46

That's no moon.

posted by mike9322 14 February | 14:46

Also, I just catalogued a song called "The Voyage Of Bran, Son Of Febal." Fuckin' Hippies.

posted by jonmc 14 February | 14:48

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posted by Capn 14 February | 14:48

Then ... but ... how ... what would we call the Mooninites?

PREPARE TO HAVE YOUR PANTS PULLED DOWN AND BE SPANKED WITH MOON ROCKS INFIDELS!

posted by WolfDaddy 14 February | 14:49

Hecate

posted by sciurus 14 February | 14:49

*moons thread*

posted by taz 14 February | 14:56

Luna the Moona

I do like that, I have to admit. And you know, it would make a great band name.

*head asplodes*

posted by iconomy 14 February | 15:01

Can I just say that DeathOrb2000 is the. coolest. moon. name. EVAR?

posted by mygothlaundry 14 February | 16:37

It has a name. It's called moon. It's the original & the best. Like iPod or Hoover or coke.

Although, if I could call it anything, I'd call it Terra-2.

posted by seanyboy 14 February | 17:06

The place you Earthlings so ignorantly call "the Moon" is so vastly superior to your puny planet that even its true name is not comprehensible to your tiny minds. Do you still want to know? Are you prepated for the consequences?

Its name is...Luna.

I warned you, pathetic Earthling.

posted by kmellis 14 February | 21:04

yeah, it's called "moon" like seanyboy said - the real neutral term is "satellite". But I love DeathOrb2000. And Bob.

moons are cool. my favorite moon is miranda (my name). she revolves around yeranus.

posted by mdn 15 February | 11:37

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