=SDC= Q4: What has become of the younger generation?

Jerry Friedman

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Aug 31, 2012, 12:37:24 AM8/31/12

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Why do boys and girls go to different planets?

--
Jerry Friedman, T. O. Panelist

James Hogg

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Aug 31, 2012, 1:36:27 AM8/31/12

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Jerry Friedman wrote:
> Why do boys and girls go to different planets?

To be educated by John Gray before returning to Earth as adults?

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James

Ian Noble

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Aug 31, 2012, 5:22:46 PM8/31/12

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On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:37:24 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Friedman
<je...@totally-official.com> wrote:

>Why do boys and girls go to different planets?

Well - as per the well-known book, the astrological symbols for Mars
and Venus are the conventional symbols for male and female
respectively - but that seems way too simple.

Cheers - Ian

Cora Fuchs

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Aug 31, 2012, 7:25:03 PM8/31/12

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When those symbols are the only devices on the lavatory doors, it's
not that simple.

Derek Turner

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Sep 1, 2012, 2:10:03 PM9/1/12

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On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:37:24 -0700, Jerry Friedman wrote:

> Why do boys and girls go to different planets?

Girls go to Jupiter, its moons are named after Zeus's daughters.
Boys go to Neptune for similar reasons.

Curlytop

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Sep 1, 2012, 3:49:35 PM9/1/12

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Jerry Friedman set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time
continuum:

> Why do boys and girls go to different planets?
>
> --
> Jerry Friedman, T. O. Panelist

Asteroids which orbit entirely between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are
given feminine names. All the first 400 or more asteroids were of this
type, and the custom was to give them all feminine names - Ceres, Vesta,
Pallas, Juno etc.

When the first asteroid that strayed outside those limits was discovered, a
sharp distinction seemed to be called for, so this one was given a
masculine name (Eros). This distinction has been preserved ever since.
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ξ: ) Proud to be curly

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Andrew B

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Sep 1, 2012, 7:58:48 PM9/1/12

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Most of Neptune's moons seem to be named after the distinctly female
Nereids.

Jerry Friedman

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Sep 2, 2012, 12:34:30 PM9/2/12

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On Sep 1, 1:49 pm, Curlytop <pvstownsend.zyx....@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Jerry Friedman set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time
> continuum:
>
> > Why do boys and girls go to different planets?
>
> > --
> > Jerry Friedman, T. O. Panelist
>
> Asteroids which orbit entirely between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are
> given feminine names. All the first 400 or more asteroids were of this
> type, and the custom was to give them all feminine names - Ceres, Vesta,
> Pallas, Juno etc.
>
> When the first asteroid that strayed outside those limits was discovered, a
> sharp distinction seemed to be called for, so this one was given a
> masculine name (Eros). This distinction has been preserved ever since.

Despite this and other ingenious answers, the question is about _going
to_ the planets.

--
Jerry Friedman, T. O. Hinter

James Hogg

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Sep 2, 2012, 3:23:51 PM9/2/12

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Curlytop wrote:
> Jerry Friedman set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time
> continuum:
>
>> Why do boys and girls go to different planets?
>>
>> --
>> Jerry Friedman, T. O. Panelist
>
> Asteroids which orbit entirely between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are
> given feminine names. All the first 400 or more asteroids were of this
> type, and the custom was to give them all feminine names - Ceres, Vesta,
> Pallas, Juno etc.
>
> When the first asteroid that strayed outside those limits was discovered, a
> sharp distinction seemed to be called for, so this one was given a
> masculine name (Eros). This distinction has been preserved ever since.

The Urban Dictionary informs me that

Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider.
Girls go to Mars to get more candy bars.

--
James

Jerry Friedman

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Sep 2, 2012, 3:53:49 PM9/2/12

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Thank you! Vice-versa would also have been acceptable.