Mnemonic Device Game! (Roy G Biv et al)

[droded]

Not enough sexy women...

[Hexadecimal]

Originally Posted by droded

Not enough sexy women...

North, East, South and West?
... or is that just a general complaint?

[droded]

Yeh it's North, East, South and West... nice one.

It's just how I remember it lol.

[Angel]

I used to have one for remembering the order of the planets,,,My Very Energetic something or other....I forget how it goes...

[Albion Knight]

My very energetic mom juggles seven ugly new plates
just making it up

[Angel]

Does Pluto still count though? I've gotten very confused over its specific classification...

[§ephiroxa§]

in my world it counts..Screw the scientist!

[Angel]

But I don't know where he/she has been....

Ok, I'll behave - I actually use music to remember things like my PIN number, account details and telephone numbers - I sit at the piano, play a really simple tune and each note represents a number (which helps with my somewhat severe dyslexia).

I can still remember the tune for my first ever PIN which I received when I was 11...(plus my card was orange with a cat on it...I loved that bank account...)

[Walker]

Well this is interesting, but it doesn't seem to wor too well as a game. Oh, well...

Oh, and on the planet one? The one I learned was "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas". Of course, now she Just Served Us Nine, as in there are Nine of us, she didn't serve us Pizza. Pluto ISN'T a planet. On the upside, now it, Ceres, and a couple others are Dwarf Planets, so it all balances out.

And we got the PEMDAS/Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, too.

Oh, and I'll just slap up another mnemonic too, but this one might be specific to this one teacher at my school:

"My Goodness, But Eating Hot Nachos Causes Pain"

[Albion Knight]

Central American Countries Mexico, Guatemala, Belise, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Cuba and Panama
I like that one It reminds me of HOMES

[Hexadecimal]

hehe HOMES
we used that one too
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior

[Albion Knight]

I learned that from one of my nephews. I learn a lot from them. Goodness knows I didn't learn it while in school

[Walker]

Hmmmm... so it isn't exclusive to that one teacher... or you're really good at guessing what these things mean. I like it, but I occasionally mess up the same way you did and say "Ecuador", which is South American instead of "El Salvador" which is Central. I've never said "Cuba" instead of "Costa Rico" though. Guess I'm just lucky.

I can't believe that I forgot what HOMES was-- I never used it, but my sister was big on going, "Hey, [Walker], do you know what HOMES stands for?"... and then I forgot about it.

Oh, and I'm excited so I'll do another-- this is one I made up, but what it says is a clue to what it helps remember:

Columbus Found Green Vegetables By Bolivar's Continent, Exclaiming So Ardently: "Pinzon, Go Puck Urself!" (Note: "Found Green" stands for a two-word thing, and yourself is misspelled for a reason.)

[FableFreak]

Plus certain old scholars design critical problems to justify countless timeless questions...