A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from June 15, 2020
“Keep the planet clean. It’s not Uranus”

“Keep the Earth/planet clean. It’s not Uranus”—usually made to sound like “your anus”—is a saying that has been printed on many images.
   
“Keep the Earth clean - it’s not Uranus” was printed in the Charleston (WV) Gazette on April 28, 1999. “Keep this planet clean. It’s not Uranus!” was posted on the newsgroup alt.fan.howard-stern on August 20, 1999.
   
“Keep Earth clean. It’s not Uranus” was posted on the newsgroup alt.tv.x-files.creative on September 7, 1999. “My dad is def wearing his KEEP OUR PLANET CLEAN. IT’S NOT URANUS shirt to livefreeliveloud” was posted on Twitter by Mandy Merritt on June 28, 2008. “Keep the planet clean, it’s not uranus” was posted on Twitter by ahaina on August 12, 2008.
 
         
28 April 1999, Charleston (WV) Gazette, “Which came first, the ovum or the ...?” by Terry Marchal, pg. 1C:
A reader reported a bumper sticker spotted recently in downtown Charleston:
 
“Keep the Earth clean - it’s not Uranus.”
     
Google Groups: alt.fan.howard-stern
Yenta
Jo Ann Klein
8/20/99
It’s a yiddish word meaning matchmaker, but Stern uses it in the context of someone who thinks they know it all and yacks incessantly.
Regards,
Nurse Ratchett
“Keep this planet clean. It’s not Uranus!”
     
Google Groups: alt.fan.howard-stern
More best-of coming as Howard leaves for LA
Jo Ann Klein
8/21/99
Greetings!
I hope Howard remembers all the reaction to his media blitz when listeners complained of his incessant boasting about his videos, books, and movies, so much so, that folks were pretty disappointed that the reality couldn’t live up to the generated expectations. 
Regards,
Nurse Ratchett
Remember to keep the Earth clean. It’s not Uranus.
 
Google Groups: alt.tv.x-files.creative
Episodes  
Lou72474
9/7/99
(...)
Paula
“Keep Earth clean. It’s not Uranus.” On a bumper sticker
   
Google Groups: alt.fashion
OT—funny bumper sticker
Aauuttuumn
10/27/99
During my outing today I saw a BS that made me laugh outloud, not that’s a goodone:
“Keep earth clean, it’s not uranus”
just wanted to share…
—autumn
 
25 March 2003, Chatham (ON) Daily News, “Butts from another planet,” pg. 4:
But a recent incident was just too much. As I was driving down Wellington Street at noon-hour, the lady in the car in front of me tossed a cigarette butt out her window. Here’s the kicker: the car she was driving had a bumper sticker that said “Keep the Earth Clean . . . it’s not Uranus.” Quite right, lady. Maybe you should read your own bumper sticker! You sure looked like “Uranus” from where I was sitting.
Lori Gall
Chatham
   
5 February 2005, Cairns (Queensland) Post, “Eyespy,” pg. 21:
Bumper sticker of the week: “Keep the Earth clean. It s not Uranus!”
   
21 May 2006,  Milwaukee (WI) Journal Sentinel, “Bumper stickers aren’t gun-shy” by Jim Stingl, pg. B1:
“Keep the Earth clean. It’s not Uranus.”
 
Twitter
textualdeviant
@textualdeviant
Exquisite bumper sticker in Wegmans Pittsford lot: “Keep the Earth clean. It’s not Uranus.”
6:50 PM · Dec 29, 2007·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Jason Wada
@jasonwada
Just saw a shirt: Keep Earth clean, it’s not Uranus
4:54 PM · Feb 27, 2008·Twitter SMS
   
Twitter
Mandy Merritt
@mandymerritt
My dad is def wearing his KEEP OUR PLANET CLEAN. IT’S NOT URANUS shirt to livefreeliveloud.
8:37 PM · Jun 28, 2008·Twitter SMS
   
Twitter
ahaina
@ahaina
“Keep the planet clean, it’s not uranus”.. HAHAHAHAH XD
12:12 PM · Aug 12, 2008·Twitter Web Client
 
Google Books
Dilettante
By Patrick Dugan
Rain Dogs Press
2009
Pg. 94:
Keep the Earth Clean. It’s not Uranus.
 
Google Books
Unforgettable
By Loretta Ellsworth
New York, NY: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
2011
Pg. 60:
But what makes the van stand out in the sea of cars are the environmental bumper stickers plastered around the sides: GO GREEN, SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT; KEEP THE PLANET CLEAN, IT’S NOT URANUS; REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE.
 
Google Books
Title Keep Earth Clean It’s Not Uranus: Earth Day Planet Conservation Space Planets Outer Space Gift - 120 Pages 6 X 9 Inches Journal
Author Matt Ravenerer
Publisher Independently Published, 2019
ISBN 1797599747, 9781797599748
Length 122 pages
 
Twitter
𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩 𝔄
@da_danieladame
Keep the planet it’s not URANUS
4:13 PM · Apr 22, 2020 from El Paso, TX·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Aaradhya
@aara_hu
Keep earth clean ,it’s not “Uranus”!
4:08 AM · Jun 15, 2020·Twitter Web App

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