Lost in Space

Dear Mrs. Higgins,

I hope you are sitting down. I have some very disturbing news:

I just read that Saturn is ending.

That’s right: Saturn.

Oh, I didn’t read all the “fine print mumbo jumbo” that followed. I am a very busy man. But I scooped instantly that we are one short in the planet department.

First Pluto losses “planet status” in some sort of political trickery, or rounding error, and the next thing you know: Saturn ending.

What next? Mercury? Jupiter? Comet? Ajax?

I don’t know about you, but this isn’t exactly the “hope” and “change” I was looking for.

I better go get a beer and calm down.

Mike

Dear Mike,

Seems like “calming down” is a consistent theme for you.

Actually my “very busy” friend, the auto maker “Saturn” is closing.

The planet Saturn, not unlike you, continues to spin in its oblivious orbit.

You may want to waste a few minutes and read a bit more of the “mumbo jumbo.”

Ajax?

Mrs Higgins