Mnemonics

Emmit said:
Here's another reminder from Pannal Ash Course 307 Aug. Nov 1971

D. C. O. W. S. G. A. Y.

Don't ask me why, nearly 50yrs later, it's still clogging up my Hard Drive.'
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Well Google hasn't got a clue what this refers to, so can you give us one please?

Gordon
 
After the pi example another I like is WYSIWYG - pronounced wiz-e-wig
 
Oh, Be a Fine Girl Kiss Me

O B A F G K M Is the spectral classification of stars. O being the hottest and M the coolest.
Our sun is type G. Not too hot and not too cold - just right :-)
 
D. C. O. W. S. G. A. Y.

Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars The UK had an army far too big for what was required in peacetime and the country was overrun by out of work ex soldiers.

The Government of the day created the Vagrancy Act 1824 which had numerous offences contained therein.

Such beauties such as ,"every person wilfully exposing to view, in any street, road, highway, or public place, any obscene print, picture, or other indecent exhibition " Or
"every person wandering abroad, and endeavouring by the exposure of wounds or deformities to obtain or gather alms; every person going about as a gatherer or collector of alms, or endeavouring to procure charitable contributions of any nature or kind, under any false or fraudulent pretence . . . "

The Mnemonic above refers to this one;"
every person being found in or upon any ;

DWELLING HOUSE
COACH HOUSE
OUTHOUSE
WAREHOUSE
STABLE
GARDEN
AREA OR
YARD
for any unlawful purpose; Committed an offence.

It was a useful (if archaic) piece of legislation which provided a power of arrest which was useful in the middle of the night when a nif naff was found in such circumstances while "Searching for their dog" A common excuse.

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Emmit said:
D. C. O. W. S. G. A. Y.

Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars The UK had an army far too big for what was required in peacetime and the country was overrun by out of work ex soldiers.

The Government of the day created the Vagrancy Act 1824 which had numerous offences contained therein.

Such beauties such as ,"every person wilfully exposing to view, in any street, road, highway, or public place, any obscene print, picture, or other indecent exhibition " Or
"every person wandering abroad, and endeavouring by the exposure of wounds or deformities to obtain or gather alms; every person going about as a gatherer or collector of alms, or endeavouring to procure charitable contributions of any nature or kind, under any false or fraudulent pretence . . . "

The Mnemonic above refers to this one;"
every person being found in or upon any ;

DWELLING HOUSE
COACH HOUSE
OUTHOUSE
WAREHOUSE
STABLE
GARDEN
AREA OR
YARD
for any unlawful purpose; Committed an offence.

It was a useful (if archaic) piece of legislation which provided a power of arrest which was useful in the middle of the night when a nif naff was found in such circumstances while "Searching for their dog" A common excuse.
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I want you to search every Out House, Dog House, Hen House !
 
Pretty polly tights always ladder easily

Gastric enzymes remembered from nursing school .
 
on old olympus towering tops a fat angelic maid/girl? sat eating hops the facial nerves I think, have slept a bit since my nurse trining.
 
Jandek said:
Pretty polly tights always ladder easily

Gastric enzymes remembered from nursing school .
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Enzymes from mouth to arse in the (human) digestive tract

Percy Potter runs across the lawn every Monday evening

Our Biology teacher actually told us that Percy takes his run every morning but then we'd have to remember enterokinase which was not discovered until after he did his exams - so we changed it to only being a weekly event!
 
gillnphil said:
Went shopping, this morning.
A girl my lord in a flat bed ford slowed down to take a look at me.
There actually is a statue of a girl in a flat bed ford in the middle of Winslow Arizona
Phil
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A girl?
Thought it was a guy with a guitar on his back.
Saw the red flatbed Ford parked there as well next to the mural.

Graydo
 
SOHCAHTOA

Bleeding Logarithms
Sine = opposite over Hypotenuse
Cosine = Adjacent over Hypotenuse
Tangent = Opposite over Adjacent
 
NIP for DAFFLE

Notice of Intended Prosecution for traffic offences created a mnemonic for a mnemonic.

Dangerous/careless/inconsiderate driving except after an RTC
Aiding/abetting offences
Failing to obey a sign
Failing to obey a constable
Leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position
Excess speed

There was another one for Dogs and hoofed animals for what you had to report if you hit them but cant remember it so it couldnt have been that good
 
suavecarve said:
NIP for DAFFLE

Notice of Intended Prosecution for traffic offences created a mnemonic for a mnemonic.

Dangerous/careless/inconsiderate driving except after an RTC
Aiding/abetting offences
Failing to obey a sign
Failing to obey a constable
Leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position
Excess speed

There was another one for Dogs and hoofed animals for what you had to report if you hit them but cant remember it so it couldnt have been that good
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I'd forgotten that an NIP was unnecessary following an accident.
 
gillnphil said:
I’m sure the song says girl my lord etc, unless my memory fails me. If we were back home I’d play the song.
Phil
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Sorry, yes,
the song does say girl but I was talking about the statue.

Graydo
 
suavecarve said:
NIP for DAFFLE

Notice of Intended Prosecution for traffic offences created a mnemonic for a mnemonic.

Dangerous/careless/inconsiderate driving except after an RTC
Aiding/abetting offences
Failing to obey a sign
Failing to obey a constable
Leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position
Excess speed

There was another one for Dogs and hoofed animals for what you had to report if you hit them but cant remember it so it couldnt have been that good
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S H A G M P D C
Sheep
Horse
Ass
Goat
Mule
Pig
Dog
Cattle

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I remember a mnemonic from when doing training to remember the cranial nerves, it was :-
on
old
olympus
towering
top
a
fat
arsed
German
vaulted
a
horse
Unfortunately, I can now remember the mnemonic but not the nerves :rofl:
I would suspect it has now been changed to something a little more PC :doh:
 
when granddaughters were in junior school in Leicestershire. Learning to spell the city and the county with
let’s eat ice cream every Saturday. - and I forget the rest
somebody will know ?
 
Graydo said:
A girl?
Thought it was a guy with a guitar on his back.
Saw the red flatbed Ford parked there as well next to the mural.

Graydo
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The statue with the guitar is of the singer as in

"Well, I'm a-standing on a corner
In Winslow, Arizona
Such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord
In a flat-bed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me "

Written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey and it was the Eagles' first single. Classic West Coast rock
 

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