Acronyms / Mnemonics - Post your favorites

[charliebear]

I can't say that I used this one in school, but I kind of whish I had.

"Camels Often Sit Down Carefully. Perhaps Their Joints Creak. Possibly Early Oiling Might Prevent Premature Rheumatism"

And this means.....?

[Razgovory]

I can't say that I used this one in school, but I kind of whish I had.

"Camels Often Sit Down Carefully. Perhaps Their Joints Creak. Possibly Early Oiling Might Prevent Premature Rheumatism"

And this means.....?

Rocks I think.

[grumbler]

And this means.....?

Cambrian, Ordovician, Sirillian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurrasic, Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Myocene, Pileocene, Pleistocene, Recent

Google is your friend.

[Razgovory]

And this means.....?

Cambrian, Ordovician, Sirillian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurrasic, Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Myocene, Pileocene, Pleistocene, Recent

Google is your friend.

So was I right?

[grumbler]

So was I right?

Look it up.  Those are geological periods.  If that is what you meant by "rocks" then yes.  if not, then no.

[Syt]

We learned in elementary school:
"Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten."
(My father explains to me every sunday our nine planets.)

I wonder what they teach them to learn the eight planets.

EDIT: apparantly they exchanged "neun Planeten" with "Nachthimmel" (night sky).

[charliebear]

Not sure if this counts as a true mnemonic, put in identifying evergreens:

Firs have flat needles
Spruce has square needles

[Razgovory]

So was I right?

Look it up.  Those are geological periods.  If that is what you meant by "rocks" then yes.  if not, then no.

I like try to remember if I know something with googling it.  Just to see if I can remember stuff.  Geological periods was what I meant.  So I'm happy.

[charliebear]

And this means.....?

Cambrian, Ordovician, Sirillian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurrasic, Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Myocene, Pileocene, Pleistocene, Recent

Google is your friend.

Amazing.  Totally amazing.  Raz, how in the world did you know something like that?  Without google, that is.

[Razgovory]

And this means.....?

Cambrian, Ordovician, Sirillian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurrasic, Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Myocene, Pileocene, Pleistocene, Recent

Google is your friend.

Amazing.  Totally amazing.  Raz, how in the world did you know something like that?  Without google, that is.

I also do preform for bithday parties.

[Scipio]

Didn't King Philip Come Over For Good Sex?

[CountDeMoney]

Newton only included Indigo because he thought there should be seven colors in the spectrum it seems.  Seven was a magical number to him.

It wasn't magical, you cretin.  He was very pious.  There's a difference, you fag.

[Strix]

I also do preform for bithday parties.

What exactly do you preform into?

[Siege]

Sergeant Majors Eat Sugar Cokies.

The 5 paragraphs of an oporder, Situation, Mission, Execution, Service and Support, Command and Signal.

I have never understood why americans do this. I mean, isn't it easier to just remember the actual meaning of the words?

[Syt]

Oh, at military we had, when relieving another unit/watch the following thing:
LANGEMAARKS

Lage (Situation)
Auftrag (Mission/orders)
Nachbarn (neighbours)
Grenzen (borders)
Eröffnungslinie (distance at which you open fire)
Meldeweg (path for reports)
Alarmierung (how is the rest of the unit alarmed in case of emergency)
Ablösung (when is relief due)
Rückwärtiger Raum (what units in the rear, how quickly can reinforcements be there, etc.)
Kennwort (password)
Sperren (obstacles - mines, wires, etc.)