[net.misc] Call for Mnemonics

majka (04/14/83)

I am interested in sentence or rhyme mnemonics for interesting sequences.
For example:

     King Phillip came over for good soup. 
for: Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
(Taxonomy)

or:  Toronto girls can flirt and only quit to chase dwarves.
for: Talc Gypsum Calcite Flurite Appetite Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corumdum
     Diamond
(Hardness)

I recall that a few of these were submitted to net.jokes some time ago, but
I would like to compile a list of them.  If you have got a good one, please
mail it to me.  I will post a complete list to the net in a few weeks.  

Thanks in advance,
Marc Majka [ubc-vision!majka]

kar (04/15/83)

	In response to the call for mnemonic sentences, here's the version I
heard of the sentence used by many to help them remember sequence of colors
with which resistor values are coded:

Bad boys rape our young girls, but virgins give willingly.

Black	0
Brown	1
Red	2
Orange	3
Yellow	4
Green	5
Blue	6
Violet	7
Gray	8
White	9

	Ken Reek, Rochester Institute of Technology
	ucbvax!allegra!rochester!ritcv!kar

karn (04/16/83)

Regarding the mnemonic for resistor color codes, I had learned a slightly
refined version of the same sentence:

Bad boys ruin our young girls, but Violet goes willingly.

Phil

billw (04/20/83)

#R:ubc-visi:-30700:sri-unix:1300016:000:206
sri-unix!billw    Apr 16 15:41:00 1983

On Old Olympus Towering Tops, a Finn and German Viewed Some Hops.

(the cervical nerves.  I forget what they stand for)


Every Good Boy Does Fine

(Lines of a G cleff staff)

BillW (I couldnt mail direct)

larson (04/20/83)

#R:ubc-visi:-30700:sri-unix:1300017:000:115
sri-unix!larson    Apr 16 16:28:00 1983

  Not any virgins I have met.  As I learned it:
	Bad boys rape our young girls, but Violet gives willingly.

	Alan

furuta (04/28/83)

I am somewhat amazed that no one has commented on the offensiveness of
the "Violet" mnemonic.  It has caused protests on and off at
Universities across the country.  I'm surprised it's still being used.

pugsly (04/29/83)

Fat Cats Get Down After Eatting Beans.

That is the order of sharps....
				David
			(decvax!pur-ee!iuvax!isrnix!pugsly)
			

ignatz (04/29/83)

Mother Very Thoughtfully Made A Jelly Sandwich Under No Protest
e      e    e            a    s u     a        r     e  l
r      n    r            r    t p     t        a     p  u
c      u    r            s    e i     u        n     t  t
u      s    a                 r t     r        u     u  o
r                             o e     n        s     n
y                             i r                    e
                              d
			      s

(With thanks to Bob Heinlein...)

				Dave Ihnat
				ihuxx!ignatz

knutsen@sri-unix.UUCP (07/20/83)

#R:ubc-visi:-30700:sri-unix:1300019:000:299
sri-unix!knutsen    Apr 23 12:16:00 1983

I think it was Heinlein's "Have Spacesuit Will Travel" where I read

	Mother very thoughtfully made jelly sandwiches under no prodding

or some such for

	Mercury Venus Terra Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto

HSWT is a juvenile, so this may be a watered-down version...

Andrew Knutsen, SRI