Remember when you were memorizing stuff and you used those memory aids--like "Every Good Boy Does Fine" is the line notes of the staff EGBDF and the seven warning signs of cancer are CANCER--Change in bowel or bladder, A sore that does not heal. . . okay maybe I won't go there. But TONIGHT I found a paper on the floor and I was very perplexed. This is what it said:
My
Vet
Eat
My
Jumpy
Sucker
Us
Never
Pee
Any ideas? I was worried that Joseph was teaching Gideon a new code to use on the bus. But THEN I flipped it over, and lo and behold:
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
So next time you want to remember the order of the planets--try Joseph's mnemonics--even better than this one on Wired.
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Very funny. I knew what it was going to be, only because I knew it was a mnemonic, and that happens to be one of the very few ones I know. Never heard the CANCER one before. (I guess I still haven't, since you stopped at A.)
Your boys should ask Santa for a book called "Thirty Days Has September: Cool Ways to Remember Stuff". I just ordered one for Rachel for Christmas.
Don't you just love finally solving those confusing mysteries our children create?!
Ha ha. That's a pretty awseome mnemonic - maybe he could market some.
Yep, I'm having a baby. I put Marsha in charge of spreading the news, but she didn't do a very good job. I am almost 22 weeks along - maybe a week or two behind you? But I look like I'm seven months pregnant somehow, because apparently I'm lucky like that. :)
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SO Funny! I just love hearing about your boys. They always make me laugh.
Hey Aneesa thanks for your comment. It made me feel so good, sorry about the toe popping though. You'll be pleased to know that I am over that phase of my life! Anyway I just want you to know how glad I am that you are part of our family. I see you more as a sister each time we talk and I think you are awesome. And if you don't know by now, I am very appreciative of all the knowledge you have and share. You're a life saver.
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