Mnemonic Devices a/k/a My Very Educated Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas

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

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, should we ever meet again, I'll teach you all the presidents to the tune of "10 Little Indians".

eat good bread, dear father.

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."

UNUS NAUTA is about the only piece of latin i remember. no idea what it was a mnemonic for.

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.

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.