(still can't do trig btw)
― did you notice "you spin me round" was playing in the background? (snoball), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
thread title is bugging me'a.k.a' --> 'e.g.'
In case it gives you relief, the second half is an alternate title for the thread, not an example.
― discursive gatorade (Eazy), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
i really have done my best to live my life by this model and it is frustrating when i am not awarded fudge for all of my good behavior
― ★ White Castl★ What You Crave ★ (donna rouge), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
Not the same as mnemonics but that old rhyme about the # of days in a month...
30 days hath September,April, June and November,All the rest have 31,Excepting February alone.Which only has but 28 days clearAnd 29 in each leap year
As a kid I always found the February part buggered me up until my friend in college taught me this version:
30 Days Hath September, April June and November: all the Rest have 31 except Grandma Who Rides A Bike.
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 1 April 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
Just heard one today: wine-bottle sizes, from largest on down:
(M)ichael (J)ackson (R)eally (M)akes (S)mall (B)oys (N)ervous
― SB Nation (Eazy), Monday, 4 April 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
There was a really long one for remembering the US presidents that started "When a joke made me a joker, Van had to poke the fiery poker, but let jokes go..."― Jaq, Friday, April 1, 2011 4:34 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark
― Jaq, Friday, April 1, 2011 4:34 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark
Jaq, should we ever meet again, I'll teach you all the presidents to the tune of "10 Little Indians".
― kate78, Monday, 4 April 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
eat good bread, dear father.
― estela, Monday, 4 April 2011 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly - color codes for resistor values
A teacher in the UK recently got in hot water for teaching an older version of this which substitutes "Black Boys."
― Anti-mist K-Lo (Phil D.), Monday, 4 April 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
UNUS NAUTA is about the only piece of latin i remember. no idea what it was a mnemonic for.
― three megabytes of hot RAM (abanana), Monday, 4 April 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
Cranial Nerves, classic version: On Old Olympus' Tiny Tops, A Finn (And) German Viewed Some Hops (Cranial Nerve VIII was renamed from "Acoustic" to "Vestibulocochlear" a few years ago, so the "And" part doesn't work as well.)
Cranial Nerves, teenage boy version: Oh! Oh! Oh! To Touch And Feel Virgin Girls' Vaginas, Such Heaven!
But my favorite is the sensory/motor (or both) classification of the Cranial Nerves: Some Say Marry Money, But My Brother Says Big Breasts Matter More.
(Olfactory is purely sensory, Optic is purely sensory, Oculomotor is purely motor, Trochlear is purely motor, Trigeminal is both, Abducens is Purely Motor, Facial is both, Vestibulocochlear is purely sensory, Glossopharyngeal is both, Vagus is both, Spinal Accessory is purely motor, and Hypoglossal is purely motor.)
Also, it's not an acrostic, but the Argyll-Robertson pupil is referred to as the "Prostitute's Pupil": It accomodates but doesn't react. It is associated with syphilis.
― C-L, Monday, 4 April 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
I recently learned one for the Zodiac signs order which also involves pizza! I.e.,
Any time Granny covets Leo's vegan lunch, she should cut a pizza
At uni we learned this one, still one of my favourites, for remembering the geological timescale:
Camels ordinarily sit down carefully, perhaps their joints creak, perhaps early oiling might prevent painful rheumatism.
― Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 16 March 2023 15:35 (one year ago) link