THE TENTH PLANET

In case you've been living in a closet or just don't listen to science news, a tenth planet has been discovered in our solar system. There's a chance that there are more planets out there, but this one is a certainty. I would have posted something witty and clever about this development, like a letter to planet X, but Kathy beat me to it and did a superb job. So I turn to its name.

Scientists have yet to name this newfound planet [other than UB313] so I took the liberty of coming up with a few suggestions, of course taking into account its location and probable environment, and the Roman Pantheon.

Here's your list.
-Cardea: goddess of thresholds and door-hinges
-Cloaca: goddess of sewage systems and drains
-Februus: god of ritualistic purification
-Fufluns: god of the growth in plants
-Mefitis: goddess of miasmas and sulphuric vapours
-Dispater: [another] underworld ruler of the dead

And the number one candidate:
-Caca: goddess of Latrines and waste disposal [i'm not kidding].

[go TEN!]
brian