# Mnemonic devices you remember, except you forgot the thing they're supposed to help you remember

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**Created:** [May 5, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mnemonic-devices-you-remember-except-you-forgot-the-thing-theyre-supposed-to-help-you-remember/964041 "2022-05-05T22:11:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mnemonic-devices-you-remember-except-you-forgot-the-thing-theyre-supposed-to-help-you-remember/964041/61 "2022-08-06T01:22:35Z")

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> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> My guitar teacher asked his students to make up their own. A classmate came up with:  
> **E** at **A** pples **D** aily **G** uitar **B** ecomes **E** asy

Before I started taking lessons I came up with “Even Angry Dogs Get Bitten Easily”.

A few months later I learned from my instructor that he had originally come up with “Eat A Delicious Greasy Breakfast Everyday”

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mnemonic-devices-you-remember-except-you-forgot-the-thing-theyre-supposed-to-help-you-remember/964041/62 "2022-08-06T02:38:15Z")

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I like that last one!

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**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mnemonic-devices-you-remember-except-you-forgot-the-thing-theyre-supposed-to-help-you-remember/964041/63 "2022-08-06T05:08:46Z")

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I learned Fudge in 1965, so not millennial

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**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mnemonic-devices-you-remember-except-you-forgot-the-thing-theyre-supposed-to-help-you-remember/964041/64 "2022-08-06T05:48:18Z")

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Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me - Spectral classification of stars

Big Gorillas Eat Hot Dogs, Not Cold Pizza - Countries in Latin America, in order below Mexico  
Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama

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