http://plutopetition.com/

[Plane]

http://plutopetition.com/

[Stray Pooch]

http://plutopetition.com/

This is silly.  The debate is not about what Pluto is.  Pluto is clearly a dog (and I should know).

The debate is about what GOOFY is.

[Xavier_Onassis]

This is silly.  The debate is not about what Pluto is.  Pluto is clearly a dog (and I should know).

The debate is about what GOOFY is.

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Goofy is a talking dog. Not a especially bright one. In a world where mice can talk and own pets, and ducks can speak, but with serious speech impediments, there is no reason why a dog should not be able to talk. On the other hand, it is unclear why Pluto can only bark, and cannot walk erect like Goofy.

Ducks, though hatched from eggs, in Disneyland have the same societal arrangements as mice. Both Mickey has a steady girlfriend, as does Mickey, but neither has married in over 50 years, and both are somehow raising nephews. Mickey has two seldom seen nephews, while Donald has three: Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and Disney makes little effort to let us know anything about their parentage. Strangely, the Duck family is far more elaborate than the Mouse family. Car Barks has published family trees in which Donald's relationships to other ducks, as well as mallards, geese, swans and I think terns and teals is shown. But the parentage of his nephews is left a mystery.

There has never been any reference by Disney to Goofy's family, other than his son.

I did find this:
http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/trees/mygooftree.html

Apparently Goofy's first name is Georges, which suggests that he is French, or perhaps French Canadian. I always though is was from some undefined American backwoods.

[Plane]

  Is the responsibility for names and status of the Planets in good hands?

   I thought that Goofy had a Texas accent .


http://www.ehow.com/how_2250164_imitate-ross-perot.html

Favorite sayings: "Gawrsh!" "Well, whaddya know ..." "A-hyuck!" "Huh?"

the short burst phrases that Ross is known for like “Know what I mean?” and “Are you done?” or “Can I finish”?

Goofy was created as a human character, as opposed to Pluto, who was a pet, so he walked upright and had a speaking voice (first supplied by Colvig, and later by George Johnson, Bob Jackman, and Bill Farmer). There were 48 Goofy cartoons (primarily in the 1940s and 1950s), but he also appeared in many cartoons with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Ross Perot is as close to a Disney creation as any famous human being to date. You are right: Ross Perot does sound like a slightly more edcated, less canine version of Goofy. Perhaps Goofy is from Texarkana.
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As for the Planet (or planetoid) Pluto, it is what it is, and what we call it will not change anything. Pluto is what it is, and has no opinion of what we should call it.

Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto, taught astronomy at NMSU when I was attending. He taught there until 1977, and died in Las Cruces in 1997 at the age of 91 or 92.