Childhood tricks

[Nichole]

What sayings/songs/tricks that you learned as a kid for remembering things do you still use? You know, like the song for the months of the year, or counting on your knuckles to figure out how many days are in each month, etc...

[Nichole]

I just used one today, that's what made me think of this question.

My grandpa taught me, "A pint's a pound, the world around." In other words, a pint and a pound are both 16 ounces.

I still count my knuckles to figure out how many days are in each month (I can't seem to remember!).

I think there are more, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

[Nocona]

Not that I don't know, but I've had to show people (40 year olds!!!!!!!!!!) that if you put your left hand up it will make an L so they can tell left from right.

[kim]

:lol: i'm only 37!

[Dawn]

I thought I was the only one who did the knuckle thing!!! Learned that in 1st grade I think...and STILL use it! :lol:

Also....any # multiplied by 9, the answer when you add all the digits together will always be 9. That's how you can do a quick check if a calculator isn't around.

EX: 11 x 9 = 99
9 + 9 = 18
1 + 8 = 9

[Nocona]

Also, an easy way to tell if you made a transposition in numbers (like with your check book, etc) is to see if the number is divisible by 9. That's not always the case, but it usually works.

[Wendy]

Not that I don't know, but I've had to show people (40 year olds!!!!!!!!!!) that if you put your left hand up it will make an L so they can tell left from right.

OMG...please dont talk to my husband about this.....I still dont know my left from my right and it drives him crazy. When we are driving I aways say...go this way...no, I mean the other way :tongue2:

[Nocona]

Go to the right, no, the other right! :angrywife

[Nichole]

:doh:

:lol:

[mommytheresa]

That little *i before e* jingle I still use occasionally. I can't think of any others right now.

[kim]

hmmm.....the only one if i find myself using is :

liquor then beer have no fear,:toast:
beer then liquor never been sicker :cry2:



but i guess that's not really a 'childhood' thing is it?

[Kate]

liquor then beer have no fear,:toast:
beer then liquor never been sicker :cry2:



but i guess that's not really a 'childhood' thing is it?

I used that one alot!!

I use the "i before e except after c" too.

What is the days of the month thing?

[Dawn]

What is the days of the month thing?I assume your talking about the knuckle thing and not the rhyme... :lol: The knuckle thing works like this.... Think of each knuckle as a mountain and the mos. that fall on those have 31 days. Each dip in between each knuckle is a valley and those mos only have 30 days (with the exception of Feb. of course). You start with the knuckle on your pointer finger which is January (31 days) and keep going. Any mo. that lands in a "valley" has 30 days...and any mo. that lands on the "mountain" or the knuckle :lol: has 31 days! :) When you get to the pinky knuckle, you start back again at the pointer knuckle which will be Aug..and so forth. Phew! Gosh, I hope that made sense! :lol:

[Nichole]

Nice job, Dawn! :aok: I was trying to think of way to describe it in words, but I'm glad you beat me to it! :lol:

People look at me funny when I have to count my knuckles in the middle of a conversation relating to the date or days in the month. :lol2:

[Nichole]

Oh, and Kim, I have used that one many a time. It has saved my a$$ a few times, I'm sure! :lol:

[Dawn]

Nice job, Dawn! :aok: I was trying to think of way to describe it in words, but I'm glad you beat me to it! :lol: Thanks! It wasn't easy....I kept on changing it while I'm typing! :lol: It's funny...doing it for ALL these years...and it wasn't that easy trying to write it down! :lol:

People look at me funny when I have to count my knuckles in the middle of a conversation relating to the date or days in the month. :lol2: I hear ya! :lol: I try to hide my hand under a table or something...if I'm sitting at one. :lol: I just taught this to DH as well!

[kim]

i just admit my blatant stupidity and ask coworkers 'how many days in november?' :lol:

[Dawn]

i just admit my blatant stupidity and ask coworkers 'how many days in november?' :lol::lol: Silly! You gotta try the knuckle thingie! You may look like a fool, but it works! :lol:

[Karri]

Hmn...never heard of the knuckle thing. I always use the rhyme, "30 days has september, april, june and november. all the rest have 31, except february, the lonely one" :lol:
I also use the "i before e, except after c"
And I am awful with L,R...I have to look at my hands to know left.

And I have a different take on kim's that my dad (of all people) taught me when I had my first visible hangover....
"liquor before beer, in the clear
beer before hard, in the yard"

[stass]

I know my 3 multiplication from schoolhouse rocks. I have to sing the song in my head sometimes. :lol:

[Wendy]

hmmm.....the only one if i find myself using is :

liquor then beer have no fear,:toast:
beer then liquor never been sicker :cry2:



but i guess that's not really a 'childhood' thing is it?

Yes! I love this one.....used it many times.:eek:

[Barb]

All I can think of at the top of my head is "i before e, except after c".

[Cheri]

The 'i before e' one I use all the time but it's usually in reference to receive...why is that word so hard for me? :doh: :lol:

I love the months on the fingers one, I was trying to remember it just the other day...Thanks for the explanation! :)

I learned what gold was on the periodic table from The Facts of Life...It's AU, like someone stole your gold watch you'd yell hey you... :lol2:

[Dawn]

Oh, I just remembered another one.... *thinks back to 8th grade biology class...*
To remember the ORDER of the planets from the sun, just remember this sentence:

My(Mercury) Very(Venus) Educational(Earth) Mother(Mars) Just(Jupiter) Showed(Saturn) Us(Uranus) Nine(Neptune) Planets(Pluto).

(Thanks Mr. D'Anna! :lol: )

[Nichole]

Dawn - here's what I learned for that:

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas :lol:

[Hilary]

Not that I don't know, but I've had to show people (40 year olds!!!!!!!!!!) that if you put your left hand up it will make an L so they can tell left from right.
:blush1: I do this sometimes.

[Dawn]

Dawn - here's what I learned for that:

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas :lol:OMG...that is so silly! I've never heard of that! :lol: ....and I did a quick search on the internet and there was something that said My Very Energized Mother......etc.

Geeze...it makes ya wonder how many different versions of this there are! :lol:

[Nichole]

It is silly! I have no idea what being educated has to do with serving pizzas. :lol: There are probably too many different versions to count.

[Jenn]

I always remember the order of the colors in a rainbow by the name Roy G Biv.

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet

I don't know why this has stuck with me. It's not like you need to know this information for anything. :lol:

[benwood]

I learned the Great Lakes by HOMES. H(uron) O(ntario) M(ichigan) E(rie) S(uperior).

[staggats]

ROY G BIV -- The colors of the visible spectrum

To test if a number is divisible by 3 the sum of the digits will be divisible by 3

[Bev]

I can't say as I know any of those except "I Before E..." I have never been able to figure out the knuckle thing, so I just remember the months. :)

Here's a good one for the kiddies that a 65 year old Gramma just told me:

Stop Look And Listen
Before You Cross The Street
Use Your Eyes And Then Your Ears
Before You Use Your Feet!!

How cool is THAT?? I've been using it ever since when we go near traffic. :)

[Manda]

A trick our spelling teacher taught us with to spell the Province here in Canada, Saskatchewan was

Sally And Sam Kiss At The Church Hall Every Wednesday Afternoon.

And i freely admit to the knuckle things for the days of the month!! :blush1:

[AmyP]

I have a lot of them, and I'll admit some of them are useless.

Periodic Table:
If you saw gold, you'd say Au!
Silver Tarnishes with Age
Ferris wheels are made of iron
PU that Plutonium really stinks!
Put that Platinum ring on my finger!
When the mercury goes low in the thermometer, you need a Hug
If someone says, do you want some sodium, say Na (it's bad for you)
If someone says, do you want some potassium, say K

I know there were more, but that's all I remember.

For classifying life forms:
King Phillip Came Over From Germany Safely
Going from general to specific: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

Metric measurements:
King Henry Died Monday Drinking Chocolate Milk
kilo, hecto, deka, meter (liter or gram), deci, centi, milli

Yeah, I'm a dork.

[Laura]

Please (parentheses) Excuse (exponets) My (multiplication) Dear (division) Aunt (addition) Sally (subtraction) for the order in math. like 4+5x(3^6 /4)

[togirl]

I also used the "30 days has september, april, june and November, all the rest have 31, except - I never knew what the end was for feb, so I always said "except for February which is f$%^&@ up!!!