"My very educated mother just served us nine pickles" (1966)

[David Bowie]

From:    "Mullins, Bill AMRDEC" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>

> "Uncle Ray's Corner" Winnipeg | Manitoba Free Press | 1929-12-11 p. 22

> "Here is a way to remember the names of those planets in the order of
> their distance from the sun.  Repeat this sentence:  MEN VERY EARLY MADE
> JARS STAND UP NEATLY."

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My then-6yo daughter was very proud when she learned the mnemonic "My
very entertaining mother just served us nine pizzas" last year.

Of course, that now being outdated, i propose the following: "My very
entertaining mother judiciously sexes up nightclubs."

The end of last Saturday's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell me! on NPR ended with
a selection of new mnemonics. My favorite was (from memory, so i may
have a word or two wrong) "Many virgins enter my jacuzzi, swooning,
usually nightly."

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David Bowie                                         http://pmpkn.net/lx
     Jeanne's Two Laws of Chocolate: If there is no chocolate in the
     house, there is too little; some must be purchased. If there is
     chocolate in the house, there is too much; it must be consumed.

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