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Old 29-03-2008, 03:24 PM
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No but I always liked Mary's Violet Eyes Made John Stay Up Nights Proposing

Although now he can't Propose, he must just Stay Up Nights!
An easier one for remembering the planets is
My Very Easy Memory Jingle Seems Useful Naming Planets

Or possibly:
My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets

Of course now that it's been decided that Ceres & Eris are planets as well (albeit dwarf planets), we need a new one. The National Geographic ran a competition and awarded the prize to
My Very Exciting Magic Carpet Just Sailed Under Nine Palace Elephants

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Speaking of mnemonics; does anybody have a different version to my childhood favourite for the colours of the rainbow:

Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain
I don't know any other full mnemonics for the colours of the rainbow (or spectrum). I presume that one is only much use where people are taught some British history

Most of the rest of the English speaking world just seems to use Roy G Biv
That's been used as the titles of tracks by various bands, the names of some villains in comic book stories and various other things

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An easier one for remembering the planets is
My Very Easy Memory Jingle Seems Useful Naming Planets

Or possibly:
My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets

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No good for a Dummkopf like me - it's got 2 x Ms in it! I could single-handedly change order of the solar system.

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No good for a Dummkopf like me - it's got 2 x Ms in it! I could single-handedly change order of the solar system.

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Oh dear, sorry about that. I'll just go and re-name the planets for you so that they all have unique initials

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Oh dear, sorry about that. I'll just go and re-name the planets for you so that they all have unique initials

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Thank you, it would be most appreciated.

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"Is he not in yet?"
"Yes"
"Where is he then?"
"He's not in"
" But you just said he was"
" I didn't, you asked whether he was not in and I responded to your question"

The times I had trying to get this across to an old colleague.

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