Why won't snow leopard disc fit in old Mac Pro slot?

I have an old Mac Pro.  Still running 10.5.8 and trying to take the next step to Snow Leopard (10.6).  Just ordered the disc from Apple but the disc won't fit in the plastic tray of the tower!  Any thoughts ... other than ask Santa for a new computer for Christmas?

Grant, thank you so much for the quick reply.  Yes, you're right, the tower is heavy as sin!  Our more recent computers out west are iMacs which are much easier for us to deal with.  We do have the tower upright.  Bill just moved it here to our vacation house for the winter.  Is it possible [don't underestimate him] that he could have inadvertantly opened the tower DVD slot and a decidedly important part fell out during the disconnect in B'ham?  The discs don't seat themselves.  It's like they're too large by just a smidge and won't sit level in the depression.  As I close the tray the top of the opening scrapes the disc off.  It won't let it go inside so I can begin the struggle with the install itself.

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