# Uranus makes me uncomfortable **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749 "2013-12-07T15:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/21 "2013-12-07T22:00:56Z")
More fun facts about Uranus, it’s the only planet that [rotates on its side](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus#Axial_tilt) with one pole facing the Sun - such a slut. > [@](#): > > Uranus has an [axial tilt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_tilt) of 97.77°, so its axis of rotation is approximately parallel with the plane of the Solar System. This gives it seasonal changes completely unlike those of the other major planets. Other planets can be visualized to rotate like tilted spinning tops on the plane of the Solar System, whereas Uranus rotates more like a tilted rolling ball. Near the time of Uranian [solstices](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice), one pole faces the [Sun](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun) continuously whereas the other one faces away ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/22 "2013-12-07T23:38:48Z")
Is it too late for me to butt into this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/23 "2013-12-08T01:21:36Z")
Are there rings around Uranus? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/24 "2013-12-08T01:27:25Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Are there rings around Uranus? Yes, rings of dark matter. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/25 "2013-12-08T01:38:02Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Yes, rings of dark matter. And Uranus doesn’t have moons, it has dingle berries. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/26 "2013-12-08T01:40:44Z")
I wonder how Uranus feels about being the butt of so many jokes. Has anyone even spoken to Uranus?\* We really should consider the emotional state of Uranus. \*Yes, I’ve used that line before. So sue me. And no comments about the first five words of my post, please. That would be juvenile. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/27 "2013-12-08T01:42:26Z")
> [@Nancarrow](#): > > We should have just named it after King George III, like William Herschel wanted to. _That_ would have stopped Americans giggling about it all the time. I disagree. “King George’s Anus” is no improvement. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/28 "2013-12-08T01:46:20Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > \*\*Farnsworth: \*\*I’m sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all. > \*\*Fry: \*\*Oh. What’s it called now? > **Farnsworth:** Urectum. Urectum - U damn near killed 'em 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/29 "2013-12-08T01:54:22Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > I disagree. “King George’s Anus” is no improvement. Yes, Uranus is definitely preferable to King George’s Anus- in more ways than one. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/30 "2013-12-08T02:00:22Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > If necessary, the aliens could probe Uranus. Apparently, they have lots of experience. I don’t envy them. Probing Uranus can be a ticklish operation. Maneuvering through that gravity well takes enormous amounts of thrust but make one wrong move and you’ll end up with a real mess on your hands. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/31 "2013-12-08T02:02:04Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > And Uranus doesn’t have moons, it has dingle berries. I’ve been mooned by Uranus! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/32 "2013-12-08T02:03:29Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > I don’t envy them. Probing Uranus can be a ticklish operation. Maneuvering through that gravity well takes enormous amounts of thrust but make one wrong move and you’ll end up with a real mess on your hands. But wouldn’t that depend on how deeply you probe? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/33 "2013-12-08T02:08:00Z")
That’s funny- to me, Uranus has always been most accommodating. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/34 "2013-12-08T02:19:22Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > And Uranus doesn’t have moons, it has dingle berries. Those are Klingons. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/35 "2013-12-08T02:24:04Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I wish something could be done about Uranus. I’m just sick of looking at it and hearing about it. Which sucks, because my kids are totally into Uranus. Whenever we’re are looking at certain books, there’s Uranus, boldly being waved in my face. And my kids, without fail, will ask me something about Uranus, to which I blush and quickly change the subject. I tell them not to use such language. And then there’s the uncontrollable giggling. > > I really do hate bringing up Uranus, because it makes me so uncomfortable, especially in polite company. No should be talking about anuses with their young children, Ur’s or anyone else’s. > > So please, take Uranus and get it the hell out of here please. It disgusts me. The rings, the smoothness…and it’s just so big and blue. It’s unnatural! You’re a Nuss! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/36 "2013-12-08T02:25:05Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > That’s funny- to me, Uranus has always been most accommodating. Eponysterical! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/37 "2013-12-08T02:46:55Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Uranus has always been most accommodating. Yes … particularly when there is a protuberance, a bulge in the fabric of space… :rolleyes: [![](http://www.philippalmer.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/captain-kirk-boner.jpg) ](http://www.philippalmer.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/captain-kirk-boner.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/38 "2013-12-08T06:09:25Z")
I want to send my probe to Uranus. It’s a mystery to me why, but I just can’t put my finger on it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/39 "2013-12-08T06:44:59Z")
It might make you uncomfortable, but its killin’ me! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uranus-makes-me-uncomfortable/675749/40 "2013-12-08T13:07:16Z")
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