Pluto Steps Down as Ninth Planet:
Pluto has chosen to no longer be the solar systems ninth planet. In an interview with the Swedish World News, the eccentric former planet explains that he was fed up with the controversy amongst, and criticism from, astronomers during his tenure. He has instead signed a very lucrative contract with Walt Disney Productions. The Swedish Prime Minister, Göran Persson, has been nominated by conservative leader Fredrik Reinfeldt to take over after Pluto. "The PM is uniquely qualified for this role," Mr Reinfeldt stresses, "being sufficiently round and dense." The job consists primarily in orbiting the Sun, at a great distance, in an individual trajectory.
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