My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)

[Lynne Murphy]

--On 30 August 2006 11:30 -0700 Brenda Lester <alphatwin2002 at YAHOO.COM>
wrote:
> Too negative. For a middle school, I would use:
>   My very educated mother just  served us nachos.
>   Being very educated, she would know how to please today's youth.

Ah, but that glorifies fattening foods and makes them seem like the
'educated choice'.

Let's popularize 'My very educated mother just served us nectarines.'

Lynne



Dr M Lynne Murphy
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