Mars

The Fourth Planet Orbiting Sol

by Alexander Lachlan McLintock (alexmc@biccdc.co.uk)
written 09 Apr 1993

This article is classified "Partly real, partly fictional"


Mars is the fourth planet away from the star Sol.  It is sometimes known as
the "Red Planet" because of early telescopic observations.  Contrary to
popular belief, there are no Martians on Mars.  They all live in the small
village of Knebworth, in Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Northern
Europe, Earth, Sol.  In astronomical terms, the distance between Earth and
Mars hardly merits a twelfth decimal place on the parsec scale, and so the
error in saying that Martians live on a totally different planet is
negligible.

Parsecs are approximately 3.26 light years.  The reason for this distance
can be found in the Oxford Reference Dictionary, but is far too complicated
to explain here.  (Ok, Ok, so I didn't really understand what they meant by
"parallax" and "subtend.")

"Mars" is also a chocolate bar found on Earth.  These are highly
concentrated sources of carbohydrates, which are of vital importance to
many carbon based life forms.  Mars bars are slightly rippled with a flat
underside.  They are sometimes used in English courtship rituals in which
the female performs various allegorical oral acts with the chocolate bar,
which is donated by the male as part payment for this spectacle.

See also:
  • Mars, Hailing A Taxi On
  • Mars, Composition Of
  • Mars, Possibility Of Life On
  • McLintock, Alexander Lachlan
  • Westerbork Array, Westerbork, Drenthe, Netherlands, Earth
  • Weird Units Of Measure

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