*silly* rules you learned in school...

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  • fitblondebaker22
    fitblondebaker22 Posts: 84

    1) "I" before "E" except after "C" or when sounded as "A" as in "neighbor" and "weigh"
    Yup-this pops into my head almost EVERY time I spell a word with an I and an E. Even when I know which comes first I can't resist the urge to say it to myself lol Maybe a double-check I do without realizing it!
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,173 Member
    In 8th grade, our parish priest told us that kissing on the mouth before marriage was a mortal sin & we'd go to hell
  • EatClean_WashUrNuts
    EatClean_WashUrNuts Posts: 1,590 Member
    In 8th grade, our parish priest told us that kissing on the mouth before marriage was a mortal sin & we'd go to hell

    Thus the ruler on the knuckles.
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    MVEMSUNP = Mercury, venus, earth,mars, saturn, uranus,neptun, pluto..
    now its just MVENSUN

    6 times 6 is 24, now shut your mouth and say no more.


    and of course
    BEDMAS - i still use this one almost every day.

    EDITED to fix a type which lead to the planets being out of order.
  • mikeschratz
    mikeschratz Posts: 253 Member
    All your homework gets done before school is out when you spend most of your time in "IN School Suspension"
  • hpsNcrvs
    hpsNcrvs Posts: 74
    Pretend your hand is a salt shaker...then put your head back and pretend like you're shaking salt into your mouth. You will actually taste salt.


    Not really...but it sure does look funny!!!
  • Lift_This_
    Lift_This_ Posts: 2,756 Member
    Looking through your fingers on Heads Up 7 Up is frowned upon.


    Highly.

    id put my head on my arms but was always able to see the persons shoes...so i always got to pick the correct person...then i think they caught on to me...i wasn't picked at much. :sad:
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    mnemonic to remember resistor color codes

    Bad boys rape our young girls, but Violet goes willingly
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    30 days has September, April, June, and November. (I still use that every month) lol

    There's also the knuckle trick
    make a fist and start at your pinky knuckle of your left hand
    For every knuckle, that corresponding month has 31 days
    the space inbetween the knuckles, those corresponding months have 30 (feb 28)

    What about the thumb? August would be a thumb, right? Well, then September would also be a thumb and September has 30 days while August does not. I'm confused. lol
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    In music, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. Lines in the staff, E-G-B-D-F

    In a school yard fight, "talking it out" gets your *kitten* whooped, every time. My lifetime record in schoolyard fights: 0-3. :sad:

    If you shoot at your neighborhood bully with a BB gun, the cops will want to have a chat with you.
  • tracymat
    tracymat Posts: 296 Member
    I can still sing a song of all 50 states in alphabetical order.
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
    This thread brought out an emotion I had not felt in a while...

    I HATE mnemonics. Always had more trouble remembering the ****ing mnemonic than the information it went with.
  • tracymat
    tracymat Posts: 296 Member
    In music, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. Lines in the staff, E-G-B-D-F

    In a school yard fight, "talking it out" gets your *kitten* whooped, every time. My lifetime record in schoolyard fights: 0-3. :sad:

    If you shoot at your neighborhood bully with a BB gun, the cops will want to have a chat with you.

    I learned "Every Good Boy Does Fine".
  • ChristyRunStarr
    ChristyRunStarr Posts: 1,600 Member
    for directions: North East South West...
    Never Eat Soggy Worms :)

    Around here it was Never Eat Soggy Waffles....

    now I want some waffles :huh:
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    MVEMSNUP = Mercury, venus, earth,mars, saturn, neptun, uranus, pluto..

    6 times 6 is 24, now shut your mouth and say no more.


    and of course
    BEDMAS - i still use this one almost every day.

    Did you pass? Lol.
  • Troll
    Troll Posts: 922 Member
    Thirty days hath september, april , june, and november. all the rest have thirty.one except february at 28 its done.

    P U R P L E purple purple P U R P L E purple is what that spells. purple grapes on the vine purple koolaids fine! P U R P L E purples what that spells!

    PMDAS. for math problems-solve parenthesis, multiply, divide, add, subtract.

    Never ear sour watermelon.
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
    'Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hooking up words and phrases and clauses..."

    OH MY GOSH! I've use to love School House Rock. How old are we? hahaha
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    If you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat.

    If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown, flush it down.

    Grew up in drought conditions in California, save some water!
  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    Oh, a real one just came into my head.

    Learning the Preamble to the Constitution through School House Rock. I still remember it to this day.
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,173 Member
    Let's not forget:

    My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto).

    And then NASA had to go & ruin it by taking Pluto out of the mix...so WTF is my excellent mom going to send me now...f**k you, NASA.
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    for directions: North East South West...
    Never Eat Soggy Worms :)

    Around here it was Never Eat Soggy Waffles....

    now I want some waffles :huh:

    Never Eat Sour Watermelon was mine.
  • emyishardcore
    emyishardcore Posts: 352 Member
    Multiplying by 11 once you get to double digits

    11 * 15. Last digit is always the same, add the two digits together for the 10s place and at the one to the hundreds place

    JM

    That's awesome. I had to actually do 11*15 first to see it. So cool.
    Haha I tested it too!
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    when caught doing something inappropriate on the recess field. Always take the hit and never give up how many of you were playing...and don't even think about naming names....

    I learned to take one for the team...and I learned that the team LOVED me.

    :wink:
  • diodelcibo
    diodelcibo Posts: 2,564 Member
    Sec is 1 Over cos because sec backwards with an O in the middle is cos...

    All silly tom cats for signs.
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
    MVEMSUNP = Mercury, venus, earth,mars, saturn, uranus,neptun, pluto..
    now its just MVENSUN

    6 times 6 is 24, now shut your mouth and say no more.


    and of course
    BEDMAS - i still use this one almost every day.

    EDITED to fix a type which lead to the planets being out of order.

    You made another mistake. You left out Jupiter.
  • Im_NotPerfect
    Im_NotPerfect Posts: 2,181 Member
    I can't believe no one has mentioned Roy G Biv for the colors of the Rainbow!

    Red
    Orange
    Yellow
    Green
    Blue
    Indigo
    Violet

    Although I never really understood the difference between Indigo and violet...and why couldn't we just say Purple??
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
    FOIL - first outside inside last
    SOH CAH TOA
  • penrbrown
    penrbrown Posts: 2,685 Member
    ...

    Do not make eye contact with the creepy kid. He will try to feel you up if you do.
  • Lconsla
    Lconsla Posts: 226 Member
    My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas

    To remember the order of the planets...too bad Pluto doesn't count now :(

    Now it'd be:

    My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nothing

    (haha mom is on strike damnit)

    lolololol that was funny!
  • Keiko385
    Keiko385 Posts: 514 Member
    HOMES = the Great Lakes
    Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior

    ha ha ha every kid from the Mitten learned this one

    Not sure they still use this one, my ex-DIL had no idea that the Great Lakes are fresh water and was disappointed that she couldnt whale watch :huh:

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