tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post115302797688099486..comments2024-01-30T19:45:36.648+11:00Comments on Lounge of the Lab Lemming: Geologic MnemomicsC W Mageehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-28223385700015557942014-02-11T05:21:21.970+11:002014-02-11T05:21:21.970+11:00For Geological Time periods of paleo- and Mesozoic...For Geological Time periods of paleo- and Mesozoic, I use this one:<br />Can Our Science Dept Make People Pass. They Just can't.<br />or, Come On Stupid, Don't Make Pointless Presentations.<br />For Moh's scale of hardness:<br />Tall Girls Can F*** And Other Queer Things Can Do.<br />Finally for REEs:<br />La-ncey Pr-ince Needs 65 Sm-all Eu-ropean Gods Tobe Wholly Dy-ed Early Tomorrowneptunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01322499732574467066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-37871715206299662072012-03-19T06:34:49.189+11:002012-03-19T06:34:49.189+11:00Lately College Parties Never Produce Sexy European...Lately College Parties Never Produce Sexy European Girls That Drink Hard, Even Though You Look.C.Nissenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09807029061362192084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-37576581650585656192007-08-20T15:47:00.000+10:002007-08-20T15:47:00.000+10:00The mnemonic that I heard (not original to me) for...The mnemonic that I heard (not original to me) for the rare earths was:<BR/><BR/>Lazy College Professors Never Produce Sufficiently Educated Graduates To Dramatically Help Executives Trim Yearly LossesUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066200047230718964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-1154449503516128432006-08-02T02:25:00.000+10:002006-08-02T02:25:00.000+10:00Precambrian Elephants Can't Offer Such Delightful ...Precambrian Elephants Can't Offer Such Delightful Comfort; Perhaps They Just Chundered; Perhaps Elephants Of Massive Palaeontological Periods Hibernated!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-1153387595051982762006-07-20T19:26:00.000+10:002006-07-20T19:26:00.000+10:00I would view the omission of the precambrian as a ...I would view the omission of the precambrian as a far greater defect for two reasons. First, the Precambrian is much longer. Second, it is less boring.C W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-1153384854771143652006-07-20T18:40:00.000+10:002006-07-20T18:40:00.000+10:00The mnemomic we got given for the geological perio...The mnemomic we got given for the geological periods went:<BR/> <BR/><B>C</B>amels <B>O</B>ften <B>S</B>it <B>D</B>own <B>C</B>arefully <B>P</B>erhaps <B>T</B>heir <B>J</B>oints <B>C</B>reak. I'll leave to you the question of what the omission of the entire Cenozoic says about my lecturers...Chris Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923865059164569384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-1153211541200326902006-07-18T18:32:00.000+10:002006-07-18T18:32:00.000+10:00Xena? We can do Xena. Just give me a few hours t...Xena? We can do Xena. Just give me a few hours to type less-than; B; greater-than 184 times...<BR/><BR/>BTW, I should add that the process of making one of these things up is probably a lot more conducive to learning than actually memorizing somebody else's. Whether it is Gaudy Tubercular Dykes or God's Tuba Dynamo, the process of looking up silly words is what makes it easy to remember the C W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.com