marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) (10/11/89)
Sometime ago i learned electronics in the Army, not much but a little. One of the things we learned were sayings to help learn the resistor color code system. I only remeber part of one, something like "bad booze rots our young guts ....". Does anyone know the rest of this or another ones? Are there any 'clean' ones? -- Mark Seiffert, Metairie, LA. uucp: rex!mgse!marks bitnet: marks%mgse@REX.CS.TULANE.EDU internet: marks%mgse@rex.cs.tulane.edu
cyamamot@nunki.usc.edu (Cliff Yamamoto) (10/11/89)
In article <1015@mgse.UUCP> marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes: >Sometime ago i learned electronics in the Army, not much but a little. >One of the things we learned were sayings to help learn the resistor >color code system. I only remeber part of one, something like >"bad booze rots our young guts ....". Does anyone know the rest of this >or another ones? Are there any 'clean' ones? I never knew of these sayings till a professor in one of my classes told us this one (it's not a 'clean' one either): bad boys rape our young girls but violet gives willingly 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 black brown red orange yellow green blue violet gray white I have no idea where he picked this up from Cliff
roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) (10/11/89)
In <1015@mgse.UUCP> marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes: > "bad booze rots our young guts ....". Does anyone know the rest of this > or another ones? Are there any 'clean' ones? This is a standard topic that comes up over and over again. The two that I know are are presented below. I'm sure there are many more. The second has obvious political, social, and racial predjudices built in to it and is presented without comment. Better Be Right Or Your Great Big Venture Goes West Black Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly -- Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016 {att,philabs,cmcl2,rutgers,hombre}!phri!roy -or- roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu "The connector is the network"
sci@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Doctor J) (10/12/89)
In article <1015@mgse.UUCP>, marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes: > {Start of color code blurb...] How 'bout: Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Violet Gives Willingly. And for the tolerances, one may add: Get Some Now! Time to make a .sig. Sci tarpon!cbnewsj!sci
yahoo@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore) (10/12/89)
In article <5678@merlin.usc.edu> cyamamot@nunki.usc.edu (Cliff Yamamoto) writes: >In article <1015@mgse.UUCP> marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes: #I never knew of these sayings till a professor in one of my classes told #us this one (it's not a 'clean' one either): #bad boys rape our young girls but violet gives willingly # 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 #black brown red orange yellow green blue violet gray white #I have no idea where he picked this up from #Cliff I first heard it in '71 in USN avionics tech school. Ken -- ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken kne ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken ken
barry@hprmokg.HP.COM (Barry Fowler) (10/12/89)
marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes: >Sometime ago i learned electronics in the Army, not much but a little. >One of the things we learned were sayings to help learn the resistor >>color code system. I only remeber part of one, something like >"bad booze rots our young guts ....". Does anyone know the rest of this >or another ones? Are there any 'clean' ones? >-- >Mark Seiffert, Metairie, LA. >uucp: rex!mgse!marks >bitnet: marks%mgse@REX.CS.TULANE.EDU >internet: marks%mgse@rex.cs.tulane.edu Well, I know one and no "sexist flames", please. I forgot the clean version ('shows you how effective that was). Bad Black Boy Brown Rape Red Our Orange Young Yellow Girls Green But Blue Violet Violet Gives Gray Willingly White This was taught to us in high school by an instructor that was previously an Air Force OJT instructor.
berryh@udel.edu (John Berryhill) (10/12/89)
In article <1343@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> sci@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Doctor J) writes: > > Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Violet Gives Willingly. But don't say this to a class of undergraduate electrical engineers at the University of Delaware or you will wind up at the Office of Women's Affairs. -- John Berryhill 143 King William, Newark DE 19711
fcr@wuee1.wustl.edu (Frank Robey) (10/12/89)
In article <1015@mgse.UUCP> marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes: >Sometime ago i learned electronics in the Army, not much but a little. >One of the things we learned were sayings to help learn the resistor >color code system. I only remeber part of one, something like >"bad booze rots our young guts ....". Does anyone know the rest of this >or another ones? Are there any 'clean' ones? > This version is: Bad Booze Rots Our Young Guts But Vino Goes Well Frank Robey fcr@saturn.wustl.edu
wbrown@beva.bev.lbl.gov (Bill Brown) (10/12/89)
In article <5678@merlin.usc.edu> cyamamot@nunki.usc.edu (Cliff Yamamoto) writes: > >bad boys rape our young girls but violet gives willingly > 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 >black brown red orange yellow green blue violet gray white > I learned the same thing (too close to 30 years ago) in the Coast Guard Basic Electronics Tech School, with the following extension: get some now - 5, 10 & 20 5% -------------------+ | | 10% --------------+ | 20 ------------+ gold silver none -bill wlBrown@lbl.gov Disclaimer: These opinions are my own and have nothing to do with the official policy or management of L.B.L, who probably couldn't care less about employees who play with trains.
dclaar@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Doug Claar) (10/13/89)
"But Violet Gives Willingly" was "Behind Victory Garden Walls" when my dad learned it in the Navy. Of course, lots of folks don't even know what a "victory garden" was anymore, so I guess they had to change the saying. I still remember it WWII style. (Actually, he went in somewhat after WWII...)
kenb@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US (Ken Baynard) (10/13/89)
marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes: >Sometime ago i learned electronics in the Army, not much but a little. >One of the things we learned were sayings to help learn the resistor >color code system. I only remeber part of one, something like >"bad booze rots our young guts ....". Does anyone know the rest of this >or another ones? Are there any 'clean' ones? How about....Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly.....
rcm@hpctdpa.HP.COM (Rick Myers) (10/13/89)
/ hpctdpa:sci.electronics / marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) / 10:42 pm Oct 10, 1989 / > Sometime ago i learned electronics in the Army, not much but a little. > One of the things we learned were sayings to help learn the resistor > color code system. I only remeber part of one, something like > "bad booze rots our young guts ....". Does anyone know the rest of this > or another ones? Are there any 'clean' ones? Bad Bourbon Rots Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes Well.
hong@cyberdyne.COM (hong c choong) (10/13/89)
in <4050@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) helpfully offers: >In <1015@mgse.UUCP> marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes: > >> "bad booze rots our young guts ....". Does anyone know the rest of this >> or another ones? Are there any 'clean' ones? > > This is a standard topic that comes up over and over again. > [....] > Better Be Right Or Your Great Big Venture Goes West Blue Barbiturates Really Order Your Geometry But Vernon Gibbers Wildly hong c choong yellow devil
hermann@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Michael Hermann) (10/13/89)
I was taught this one at a kids electronics "camp" when I was in Grade 5:
Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly
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dougf@thayer.dartmouth.edu (DOUG FRASER) (10/13/89)
The one I have always used is: Bad Boys Ruin Our Young Grass But Violets Grow Wild .
howard@53iss6.Waterloo.NCR.COM (Howard Steel) (10/13/89)
In article <1015@mgse.UUCP> marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes: >Sometime ago i learned electronics in the Army, not much but a little. >One of the things we learned were sayings to help learn the resistor >color code system. I only remeber part of one, something like >"bad booze rots our young guts ....". Does anyone know the rest of this >or another ones? Are there any 'clean' ones? Canadian Air-Force Version - Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Goes Willingly. -- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ :-(I Think, Therefore I Am, I Think :-) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Howard.Steel@Waterloo.NCR.COM NCR CANADA LTD. - 580 Weber St. N ~ ~ (519)884-1710 Ext 570 Waterloo, Ont., N2J 4G5 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
hugo@bigtime.fidonet.org (Hugo) (10/13/89)
A semi-clean one left over from World War II goes: "Bad boys rape our pretty young girls behind Victory garden walls". Or very close to that. I forget whether or not the 'pretty' belongs in there or not. -- Larry Hughes Domain: hugo@bigtime.fidonet.org UUCP: ...!{tektronix, hplabs!hp-pcd}!orstcs!bigtime!hugo via Big Time Television (bigtime.fidonet.org, 1:152/201)
keithl@loop.UUCP (Keith Lofstrom) (10/14/89)
The Society of Women Engineers at U Minn ca. 1980 preferred: By Becoming Revolutionary Orators, Young Girls Become Very Great Women I disagree with the sentiment - I think they should become engineers - but this is a little easier to take than rape. Perhaps some bright poetic type can come up with something better. On the other hand, if you really want to learn color code, take 10,000 random resistors, dump them in a box, and SORT them. You'll know color code when you are done. What good it will do now that you have squint blindness isn't my problem ;-). -- Keith Lofstrom keithl@loop tektronix!psueea!qiclab!loop!keithl Launch Loop, P.O. Box 1538, Portland, Oregon 97207 (503)-628-3645
strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong) (10/19/89)
In article <28@loop.UUCP> keithl@loop.UUCP (Keith Lofstrom) writes: } }The Society of Women Engineers at U Minn ca. 1980 preferred: } }By Becoming Revolutionary Orators, Young Girls Become Very Great Women } } }I disagree with the sentiment - I think they should become engineers - but }this is a little easier to take than rape. Perhaps some bright poetic }type can come up with something better. } }On the other hand, if you really want to learn color code, take 10,000 random }resistors, dump them in a box, and SORT them. You'll know color code }when you are done. What good it will do now that you have squint blindness }isn't my problem ;-). I can just look at a resistor and immediately tell the value; I've been doing it for so many years. But I have a tough time remembering the color code! It's the same way with typing. I type about 100 wpm, but if you caught me away from a keyboard, I'm not sure I could list the keys on the home row. On the other hand, I'd never be able to remember the order of colors in the rainbow without the mnemonic VIBGYOR. -- Norm (strong@tc.fluke.com)
harrison@sunny.DAB.GE.COM (Gregory Harrison) (10/20/89)
In article <1015@mgse.UUCP> marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes: >"bad booze rots our young guts ....". Does anyone know the rest of this Bad beer rots our young guts, but vodka goes willingly. Greg Harrison My opinions are not intended to relect those of GE.
wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (Wolfgang Rupprecht) (10/20/89)
Re: remembering the color codes The best way to learn the color code is to dump a whole drawer of resistors on the floor, and then put them back. ;-) Serously there are only a very few values you will probably ever need to know. 10x 12x 15x 18x 22x 27x 33x 39x 47x 56x 68x 82x {x=0-6} will probably cover 99% of all cases. Thats only 12 base values you have to learn. Learning the color code is just like sight reading/typing. If you are consciously reciting a silly sentance, you are working much too hard. Just learn to "recognize" the whole pattern. It is really surprisingly easy. -wolfgang Wolfgang Rupprecht ARPA: wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (IP 18.82.0.114) TEL: (703) 768-2640 UUCP: mit-eddie!mgm.mit.edu!wolfgang
isolated@alix.UUCP (20 James D. Corder) (10/20/89)
In article <3370003@hpctdpa.HP.COM> rcm@hpctdpa.HP.COM (Rick Myers) writes: >/ hpctdpa:sci.electronics / marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) / 10:42 pm Oct 10, 1989 / >> Sometime ago i learned electronics in the Army, not much but a little. >> One of the things we learned were sayings to help learn the resistor >> color code system. I only remeber part of one, something like >> "bad booze rots our young guts ....". Does anyone know the rest of this >> or another ones? Are there any 'clean' ones? > >Bad Bourbon Rots Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes Well. Sorry if this one has already been given:-) Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly for Silver And Gold. Just for the fun of it, James D. Corder ...osu-cis!alix!jdc ...att!osu-cis!alix!jdc alix!jdc@cis.ohio-state.edu
ISW@cup.portal.com (Isaac S Wingfield) (10/23/89)
Norm Strong writes:
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On the other hand, I'd never be able to remember the order of colors in
the rainbow without the mnemonic VIBGYOR.
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The mnemonic I learned for that was: Roy G. Biv.
RE: Resistor color code. On the job interview for my very first job
out of college, the only technical question I was asked was:
"Do you know the resistor color code?"
Isaac (hand me a 27 yellow resistor)
isw@cup.portal.com
snozer@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (dan jasper jalkut) (10/24/89)
In article <23323@cup.portal.com> ISW@cup.portal.com (Isaac S Wingfield) writes: >The mnemonic I learned for that was: Roy G. Biv. Just the other day my little 5 year old brother was doing a worksheet for school... and I noticed that mnemonic was used, I never was able to remember because I was never taught a mnemonic. At least knowing the colors of the rainbows isn't a 9th grade requirement. |[4m Dan Jalkut | Voice:408-423-6926 | USENET: snozer@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us snozer@splat.aptos.ca.us | snozer@cencom.santa-cruz.ca.us snozer@hades.santa-cruz.ca.us [m
soup@spock.UUCP (Constantin von Wentzel) (11/09/89)
In article <23323@cup.portal.com> ISW@cup.portal.com (Isaac S Wingfield) writes: >Norm Strong writes: >============================================= >On the other hand, I'd never be able to remember the order of colors in >the rainbow without the mnemonic VIBGYOR. >============================================= >The mnemonic I learned for that was: Roy G. Biv. Bad Beer Rots Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes Well How about that? Constantin.