NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
From: Rafael C. Caruso
Date: 2026 Sep 22, 05:45 -0700
Davis Pike wrote:
"Earth, has only got one moon.
Mars has two but very small.
Saturn is somewhat similar, (not really; it’s got 293)
but poor old Venus has no moons at all.
I can't believe my comment got past 'The Times' censors."
Perhaps some NavList readers might be wondering why such an innocent verse might have attracted the attention of the censors in 'The Times' [London] editorial office. This is because these lines are based on the lyrics of a very funny and delightfuly insulting British World War II song. The original version lists Nazi hierarchs rather than planets, starting with the most despicable of them all. And it does not refer to their moons, but to their gonads. It'a sung to the catchy tune of the Colonel Bogey march, which some of us may have heard for the first time while watching the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai" long ago.
Best, Rafael C
