Things Astronomers Say that Sound Dirty, but Really Aren't


Culled off one of the astronomy newsgroups

Those not familiar with astronomy terms, may interpret the below statements as being naughty or suggestive. Shame on you! Astronomers are never naughty...or are they?


Things Astronomers Say that Sound Dirty, but Really Aren't . . .


1) "Exactly how long is your tube?"

2) "I need a friend to help me grind this thing..."

3) "I want to get in a little naked-eye action."

4) "I want to look at Uranus?"

5) "You need a bigger unit so you can go deeper..."

6) "What's the best way to mount a Short-Tube?"

7) Reasons why smaller apertures are better...

8) Are you going to shoot the Virgin tonight?

9) She looked in awe as it rose higher and higher

10) "Mine is bigger than yours"

11) "Who says size doesn't matter?"

12) "We do it in the dark"

13)"We sometimes do it all night long"

14 EYEGASMS!

15) "I use shower caps over the end of my 6 and 10 inch..., you will need the extra large size for your 12.5 inch."

16) "Do you have your angle of the dangle correct?"

17) "I enjoy viewing heavenly bodies through my telescope...especially during showers"

18) "I love going deep ...."

9) "The deeper the better"

20) "Bigger almost always performs better"

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Contributors to the above newsgroup listings include:

Reece Watkins reecew@iwon.com
Rockett Crawford Rockett@Audiotel.com
Anthony Ayiomamitis plato32@attglobal.net
Planetman planetman@vci.net
Dave Messer dmesser@firsttech.com
A. Blackburn andy@gulfnet.net
Rick Smith ricardo9@ici.net


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Things Astronomers Say that Sound Dirty, but Really Aren't / Andy Blackburn / andy@g-net.net / Updated January 5, 2002