# Weird and Unique Mnemonics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-and-unique-mnemonics/648037>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 22, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-and-unique-mnemonics/648037 "2013-01-22T20:38:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-and-unique-mnemonics/648037/81 "2013-03-13T22:23:36Z")

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When learning Spanish, I was always confused with derecho (ahead-as in direction) and derecha (right-as in direction). Well, derecha ends with a “a”, which is normally feminine in Spanish. So, women are always right.

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**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-and-unique-mnemonics/648037/82 "2013-03-14T02:07:47Z")

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“My very energetic mother just sold us nine pickles.”  
How I was taught the order of the planets (in distance from the sun) in elementary school.

“Kings play chess on fat green stools.”  
Kingdom Phylum Class etc.

A math teacher taught us “Please excuse my dear aunt Sally”, but I decided to take a more morbid route. For me, it’s “Please exhume my dead aunt Sally.”

Also, every Mainer I know had to memorize the names of all the counties, by singing them to the tune of “Yankee Doodle”.

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**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-and-unique-mnemonics/648037/83 "2013-03-14T02:37:19Z")

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Here is an old one, probably not very useful anymore.

**Women Really Believe You’re (a) Virgin**  
and  
**Big Old Guys Bowl Saturday**

Those are the color codes for the old multiple line telephones (25 pr. cable)  
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White, Red, Black, Yellow, Violet\*\*  
and  
**Blue, Orange, Green, Brown, Slate**

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