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

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 8/30/06, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
>
> > Ah, that's a new one to me; I learned Every Good Boy Does
> > Fine.  But your version is more appealing, I suppose.
> > Where'd you get that British spelling though?
>
> It's the title of a Moody Blues album, amongst other things.

If we need a Leftpondian equivalent, the Seattle grunge band Mudhoney
put out an album in 1991 entitled "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge".


--Ben Zimmer

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